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The AM model was scanned using the CT of multimodality Siemens Inveon® μCT (Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc., Molecular Imaging, Knoxville, United States) for small animals using the following parameters: 60 kV peak voltage, 250 mA tube current, 200 ms exposure time, and 0.20 mm slice thickness. The DICOM data obtained from this scan was converted into an STL file using Materialize Mimics Research 21.0 software. The dimensional accuracy of the AM model was analyzed by point-based part comparison analysis between the custom-defined hard tissue anatomical landmarks on the STL file of the animal specimen and AM models using Materialize 3-Matic 13.0 software (Materialize, Leuven, Belgium). We choose the palatal cusp tips for all maxillary teeth, the posterior-most tip of the palatine bone for the Z–X plane orientation, the anterior-most tip of the nasal bone, the external occipital protuberance for the Y–Z plane orientation, and the midline of the incisors and the incisal edges for the X–Y plane orientation. The parts showing a mismatch of overlap were further segmented using segmentation analysis function and analyzed. The models underwent a second cycle of cleaning process as mentioned in “Section 3D model generation,” and dimensional evaluation using part-comparison analysis was repeated using the same protocol (36 (link)).