| SG | Surgical guide |
| ACL | Aesthetic crown lengthening |
| CAD/CAM | Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing |
| SM | Subtractive method |
| AM | Additive method |
| APE | Altered passive eruption |
| SLA | Stereolithography |
| DLP | Digital light processing |
| LCD | Liquid crystal display |
| CLIP | Continuous liquid interface production |
| CBCT | Cone beam computerized tomography |
| DICOM | Digital imaging and communication in medicine |
| STL | Standard Tessellation Language |
| ROI | Region of interest |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| RMS | Root mean square |