A dental method and associated apparatus is disclosed in which a navigation body, comprising a plurality of navigation elements, is scanned using a scanner. Relative locations of the navigation elements are determined and, based on the relative locations, a scanner coordinate system is determined. A dental model is also scanned using the scanner to obtain three-dimensional virtual image data of the dental model and the scanner coordinate system is associated with the image data. A three-dimensional virtual image of the dental model is positioned, based on the three-dimensional virtual image data, within a three-dimensional virtual scene. The virtual scene is associated with a virtual articulator coordinate system, and the positioning of the virtual image within the virtual scene comprises positioning and orienting the virtual image relative to the virtual articulator coordinate system based on a transformation of the virtual image data from the scanner coordinate system to the virtual articulator coordinate system.
