The invention could be a method of operating a scanning dental combination comprising the following steps, providing a prosthesis device having an artificial base supporting one or more artificial teeth providing a radiopaque dental impression material that can form a physical impression of a portion of a mouth of patient, the portion of a mouth of patient being used to support the dental prosthesis device using the radiopaque dental impression material to make an impression of the portion of the mouth of the patient forming a combination of the radiographic dental impression material and dental prosthesis device and scanning the combination with a radiographic scanning machine to create at least one digital file of a radiographic-based image of the combination.
