@article{
author = "Mićić, Milutin and Jadžić, Jelena and Milenković, Petar and Antić, Svetlana and Antonijević, Đorđe and Đurić, Marija",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is often necessary to manufacture 3D-printed medical models (MMs) required for mandibular restoration due to trauma or malignant tumor. Although cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a preferable method of mandibular imaging, additional scanning is often unjustified. To test whether a single radiologic protocol could be used for mandibular reconstructions, the human mandible was scanned with 6 MDCT and 2 CBCT protocols and later 3D-printed using a fused-deposition modelling technique. Then, we assessed linear measures on the mandible and compared them with MDCT/CBCT digital scans and 3D-printed MMs. Our data revealed that CBCT0.25 was the most precise protocol for manufacturing 3D-printed mandibular MMs, which is expected considering its voxel size. However, we noted that CBCT0.35 and Dental2.0H60s MDCT protocols were of comparable accuracy, indicating that this MDCT protocol could be a single radiologic protocol used to scan both donor and recipient regions required for mandibular reconstruction.",
publisher = "Wolters Kluwer Health",
journal = "Journal of Craniofacial Surgery",
title = "Testing of Different Scanning Protocols Used for Precise 3D-printing of Mandibular Models",
volume = "34",
number = "7",
pages = "e623-e626",
doi = "10.1097/scs.0000000000009421"
}