Research Article

Effects of Diode, CO2, Er : YAG, and Er and Cr : YSGG on Titanium Implant Surfaces by Scanning Electron Microscopy

Table 1

Mean profile area before and after laser irradiation at the thread level.

Laser typeMean profile area before laser irradiationMean profile area after laser irradiation value

Diode3749/20 ± 840/363196/96 ± 450/590.186
CO22802/47 ± 328/554832/45 ± 1095/370.001
Er : YAG2495/75 ± 522/48920/73 ± 189/27
Er,Cr : YSGG2842/93 ± 579/523342/10 ± 1314/930.415