| 2D | Two-dimensional |
| 3D | Three-dimensional |
| ADEE | Association for Dental Education in Europe |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| AR | Augmented Reality |
| ARCS | Attention–Relevance–Confidence–Satisfaction (Keller’s motivational model) |
| ECCC | European Core Curriculum in Cariology |
| G | Genially® group |
| ICCMS | International Caries Classification and Management System |
| ICDAS | International Caries Detection and Assessment System |
| IMMS | Instructional Materials Motivation Survey |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| LMS | Learning management system |
| MTL | Material Template Library (Wavefront) |
| OBJ | Wavefront 3D object file format |
| ORCA | European Organization for Caries Research |
| PLY | Polygon File Format |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
| QR | Quick Response (code) |
| RIMMS | Reduced Instructional Materials Motivation Survey |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| VR | Virtual Reality |
| WebAR | Web-based Augmented Reality |