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. 2015 Jul 26;2015:159625. doi: 10.1155/2015/159625

Table 1.

Mean ± standard deviation of the as-machined (MS) and titanium discs blasted with titanium oxide particles and washed with maleic acid solution (SAE) profilometry.

Implant surface topography* Ra (μm) Rq (μm) Rz (μm)
As-machined (M) 0.14 ± 0.02 0.16 ± 0.01 1.61 ± 0.10

Sandblasted acid-etched  
surface (SAE)
0.87 ± 0.14 1.12 ± 0.18 5.14 ± 0.69

Statistically significant between the implant surface topographies (Student's t-test P = 0.0001), M < SAE; Ra: arithmetic average of the absolute values of all profile points; Rq: the root-mean-square of the values of all points; Rz: the average value of the absolute heights of the five highest peaks and the depths of the five deepest valleys.