“…As a first step towards innovation and modernization, sports dentistry has extensively incorporated the use of intraoral scanning to obtain digital models [ 51 ]. This has improved speed [ 52 ], efficiency [ 53 ], and in many cases cost-benefits due to factors such as time savings [ 54 , 55 ], good acceptance in terms of patient comfort [ 56 , 57 ], distortion reduction [ 58 , 59 ], 3D previews [ 60 , 61 ], and data storage and transfer by digital means [ [62] , [63] , [64] ]. The ASTM defines Additive manufacturing as the “process of joining materials to make objects from 3D models data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive methodologies, such as traditional machining” [ 99 ].…”