1. A system for creating an individual, three-dimensional virtual tooth model representing a tooth found in a dentition assigned to a patient, comprising: a memory storing at least one virtual three-dimensional model of a template object corresponding to a tooth, including a template tooth corresponding to said tooth; a data processing system including a memory storing a virtual three-dimensional model of at least a part of the dentition; wherein said data processing system further comprises software processing said virtual three-dimensional model of at least a part of the dentition and said virtual model of the template object and responsively deriving said individual, three-dimensional, virtual tooth model.