1. A method of making dental restorations comprising the steps of temporarily repairing a tooth area to be restored to a desired shape of a final restoration, taking a first impression of the tooth area to be restored, preparing the tooth area to be restored for restoration, forming a second impression within the first impression with material that is non-adherent to the first impression, separating the first impression from the second impression and scanning the second impression to obtain an image of the final restoration.