Micic, Milutin (57216800106)Milutin (57216800106)MicicJadzic, Jelena (57217214308)Jelena (57217214308)JadzicMilenkovic, Petar (35574505300)Petar (35574505300)MilenkovicAntic, Svetlana (8243955900)Svetlana (8243955900)AnticAntonijevic, Djordje (55539890800)Djordje (55539890800)AntonijevicDjuric, Marija (12243542300)Marija (12243542300)Djuric2025-06-122025-06-122023https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000009421https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85174520813&doi=10.1097%2fSCS.0000000000009421&partnerID=40&md5=99396f90b9b5808c71fcf1ea3f3ac7c2https://remedy.med.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2545Multidetector 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. © 2023 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.3D-printingcone-beam computed tomographymandibular reconstructionsmedical modelsmultidetector computed tomography