A method includes planning a head scan of a subject via a console (716) of an imaging system (700), wherein the head scan scans both jaws of the subject, including metallic dental fillings of teeth of the subject, scanning the subject 108, including the metallic dental fillings of the teeth of the subject, via the imaging system, wherein the subject has a dental metal artifact reduction device (802) installed in their mouth during the scan, and generating projection data indicative of the scanned region of the head of the subject, including the metallic dental fillings of the teeth of the subject.