Mechanical and Histological Effects of Resorbable Blasting Media Surface Treatment on the Initial Stability of Orthodontic Mini-Implants

Table 3

Surface roughness of machined group and RBM group in topographic evaluation.

	Surface roughness (m)
	Machined group	RBM group
	0.51	1.66
	0.61	1.94
	1.64	5.02

: arithmetic mean of the departures of the roughness profile from the mean line.
: root mean square parameter corresponding to .
: maximum peak to valley height in the evaluation area.