A method for fabricating a dental prosthesis during a single office visit includes: scanning a template that is representative of at least a portion of a patients intra-oral anatomy to create a computer aided design (CAD) model of the template manipulating the CAD model of the template to design a base for the dental prosthesis having a plurality of recesses shaped to receive teeth fabricating the base from the manipulated CAD model and securing prosthetic teeth in the recesses of the fabricated base.
