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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of steam sterilization on the dimensional accuracy of indication-specific hollow cube test bodies, manufactured in-house using Class IIa biocompatible resin materials (proprietary and third-party). To evaluate the pre- and post-sterilization dimensional accuracy, root mean square (RMS) values were calculated. The results indicate that, in all the groups, steam sterilization resulted in an overall linear expansion of the photopolymeric resin material, with an increase in outer dimensions and a decrease in inner dimensions. The effects on the dimensional accuracy of test bodies were not statistically significant in all the groups, except PolyJet Glossy (p &gt; 0.05). The overall pre- and post-sterilization RMS values were below 100 and 200 \u00b5m, respectively. The highest accuracies were seen in proprietary resin materials, i.e., PolyJet Glossy and SLA-LT, in pre- and post-sterilization measurements, respectively. 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