Disclosed is a method for modeling a digital design of a denture for a patient, said denture comprising a gingival part and a teeth part comprising a set of denture teeth, where the method comprises: - obtaining a digital 3D representation of the patient's gum; - obtaining virtual teeth models corresponding to the denture teeth; - virtually arranging the virtual teeth models in relation to the digital 3D representation of the patient's gum; and - generating a virtual outer gingival surface of the gingival part of the denture