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(2) Materials and Methods: A typodont mandible was prepared for a three-unit FDP, with full crown preparations on teeth mandibular left canine and mandibular left second premolar featuring 1 mm chamfer finish lines. The FDP was designed with a 16 mm2 connector and a 100 \u00b5m cement gap. Two milling materials (Ambarino High-Class, IPS e.max CAD) and two experimental 3D printing hybrid resins (3D-1, 3D-2) were used. All restorations were scanned using an intraoral scanner and compared to the original STL using reverse engineering software for surface trueness and deviation analysis. The internal fit was evaluated using the triple-scan method, while marginal fit was assessed via micro-CT imaging. Statistical analysis was conducted using one-way ANOVA and Kruskal\u2013Wallis tests (\u03b1 = 0.05). (3) Results: Milled groups demonstrated a lower prevalence of external, marginal, and overall surface deviations (p &lt; 0.001), while 3D-1 exhibited comparable deviations within the internal region with M-E (p = 0.067). Milled groups had average gap values that were similar to 3D-1 (p &gt; 0.08), but significantly lower than 3D-2 (p &lt; 0.002). In marginal adaptation evaluated by micro-CT, the M-A and M-E groups provided significantly lower gaps, while the 3D-1 and 3D-2 groups exhibited wider marginal and axial gaps. (4) Conclusions: These results indicate that while milling remains a more reliable manufacturing method for achieving external and marginal precision, position 3D-1 is a compelling, chairside alternative to milling.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/bioengineering13030362","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,20]],"date-time":"2026-03-20T09:44:41Z","timestamp":1773999881000},"page":"362","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Accuracy and Fit of Three-Unit Dental Restorations Fabricated from 3D-Printed Resins and CAD\/CAM Milling Materials: A Micro-CT Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-8354-4653","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jamila","family":"Yassine","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Prosthodontics, Geriatric Dentistry and Craniomandibular Disorders, Charit\u00e9\u2014Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, A\u00dfmannshauser Str. 4\u20136, 14197 Berlin, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3558-3202","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Almira Ada","family":"Diken T\u00fcrksayar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Biruni University, 34015 Istanbul, Turkey"},{"name":"Department of Advanced Digital Dentistry, Biruni University Advanced Technology and Research Center (BAMER), 34015 Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Florian","family":"Beuer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Prosthodontics, Geriatric Dentistry and Craniomandibular Disorders, Charit\u00e9\u2014Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, A\u00dfmannshauser Str. 4\u20136, 14197 Berlin, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-7845-6141","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nursena","family":"\u00d6ztemel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Biruni University, 34015 Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4704-0467","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Franziska","family":"Schmidt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Prosthodontics, Geriatric Dentistry and Craniomandibular Disorders, Charit\u00e9\u2014Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, A\u00dfmannshauser Str. 4\u20136, 14197 Berlin, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"326","DOI":"10.2186\/jpr.JPR_D_23_00089","article-title":"Marginal adaptation and fracture resistance of milled and 3D-printed CAD\/CAM hybrid dental crown materials with various occlusal thicknesses","volume":"68","author":"Suksuphan","year":"2024","journal-title":"J. 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