Does the Laser-Microtextured Short Implant Collar Design Reduce Marginal Bone Loss in Comparison with a Machined Collar?

Figure 2

Full-thickness flaps were raised (a); M group implants were placed 0.3 mm supracrestally (b, c), loaded after a 3-month transmucosal healing period (d–f).

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