Abstract: In the dental area or other dental problem situations (laboratory, orthodontics, jaw orthopedics, prosthetics, restorative dentistry, surgery) to make the desired position of the teeth recognizable at centric occlusion in centric relation (centric relation occlusion), a set of templates (A, B, C, D, etc.) is provided, whereby each template includes markings (1u, 2ru, to 6ru, 2lu to 6lu, 10, 2ro to 6ro, 2lo to 6lo), which correspond with the proximal contact points of the teeth in the desired position. To this end, each of the templates (A, B, C, D, etc.) is dimensioned according to a different tooth arch length and a different tooth arch form, whereby all templates (A, B, C, D, etc.) of the set cover substantially all jaw and tooth arch forms and jaw and tooth arch sizes which occur in patients.

Abstract: A fine alignment apparatus for the final treatment in orthodontic and jaw orthopedic tooth alignment, a so-called "positioner", has tooth receiving cavities (1,2). These cavities are recessed at the portions thereof away from the area which receives the incisal edges (4) of the incisors and canines (3) and the cusp tips (6, 7) of the side teeth (8). Through this position changes of the teeth when the positioner is inserted, which are caused by anatomic variations of the teeth or for example fillings, are reliably prevented.