1. A method for electronically generating a color dental occlusion map within electronic model images, the method comprising: generating an electronic model of an upper set of teeth and a lower set of teeth; manipulating a spatial separation of the upper set of teeth relative to the lower set of teeth along a path defined by a point of rotation and a known radius of rotation; for each triangle vertex in a polygonal mesh, calculating a distance to an opposing mesh surface; and for each triangle in the polygonal mesh, painting a surface of the polygonal mesh within each triangle a color corresponding to the calculated distance between the triangle vertex and the opposing mesh surface.