Table 1.

3D splint properties

Surface scanner	Vectra M5 Scanner (Canfield Scientific Inc., Parsippany, NJ, USA)
3D design software	3-matic® (Materialise, Leuven, Belgium)
3D printer	MakerBot Replicator+ (MakerBot Industries, Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Printing material	Polylactic acid
Printing technique	Fused deposition modeling
Printing pattern	Linear
Layer thickness	0.2 mm
Post-processing	Manual
Favorable mechanical properties of printed splints	Rigid, lightweight, with limited thermoplasticity (adjustability), biodegradable

Patient characteristics