| 3D | Three-Dimensional |
| AM | Additive Manufacturing |
| CAT | Clear Aligner Therapy |
| CDA | Carriere Distalizer Appliance |
| CMA | Carriere Motion 3D Appliance (Another name for CDA. Table of used abbreviations in alphabetical order.) |
| STL | Standard Tessellation Language, describes only the surface geometry of a three-dimensional object without any representation of colour or texture |