Abstract: By using key structures which allow an unambiguous relative positioning, it is possible to produce mold blanks consisting of several layers, from which molded bodies can be produced by machining in an automated manner. These bodies may not only have an irregular but predefined shape, but they also have at least one irregular but predefined parting surface between two layers, the positioning on this parting surface relative to the surface being predefined.

Abstract: A method for precisely positioning a dental prosthesis workpiece in a machine tool includes creating an impression on a part positionable with respect to the tool in a known position in the tool, allowing arrangement of the workpiece precisely on the impression. The device includes a blank and a counter on which an impression is formed. The blank and the counter have key structures so they can be separated from each other and reproducibly reconnected in the same arrangement. An alternative on a computational basis is to provide the workpiece with referencing bodies, to determine their positions by scanning the workpiece, machining steps being generated based on the scan, and to scan the workpiece in a tool on a blank provided with key structures whose tool coordinates are known to determine the position of the workpiece in the tool both in terms of tool and construction system coordinates.