The present invention relates to a tooth which is used in a dental arch
model with which dental students can experience dental works in the oral
cavity and practice treatments. More specifically, the present invention
relates to a tooth composition for formation trainings such as abutment
tooth formation and cavity preparation. Since conventionally used dental
arch models have a grinding sensation different from a natural tooth,
dental students having completed formation trainings such as abutment
tooth formation and cavity preparation by using these conventional models
are frequently puzzled to have different grinding and handling properties
upon dental works in the oral cavity in practice. That is, these
conventional dental arch models are largely different from a natural
tooth in grinding sensation including slipperiness and easiness in
grinding. A tooth for a dental arch model simulating the enamel texture
and the dentin texture constituting a natural tooth whereby even the
difference in grinding sensation between the enamel texture and the
dentin texture constituting a natural tooth can be reproduced by forming
at least the enamel portion with the use of a sintered body of an
inorganic powder such as alumina.