Research Article

Tapered, Double-Lead Threads Single Implants Placed in Fresh Extraction Sockets and Healed Sites of the Posterior Jaws: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial with 1 to 3 Years of Follow-Up

Figure 1

Drawing of the fixture used in this study, with the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of the implant surface. The tapered implants used in the present work (BT Safe Bone Level®; Biotec BTK, Dueville, Vicenza, Italy) had double-lead threads. The dual acid etched (DAE) surface of the fixtures had the following roughness parameters: Ra = 1.12 (60.41) μm, Rq = 1.34 (60.69) μm, and Rt = 3.86 (61.40) μm.
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