Characterisation of Titanium Dental Implants I: Critical Assessment of Surface Roughness Parameters

Table 2: Overview of the Surface Roughness Parameters Ability to Discriminate Between the Analysed Surfaces

Surfaces	TS, FB, CB	CB, CB+HF	TS, TS+HF
*Technique*	3D-SEM	3D-SEM	3D-SEM	AFM
S_a	Partly	No	No	Yes
S_q	Partly	No	No	Yes
S_sk	No	No	No	No
S_ku	No	No	No	No
S_10z	Partly	No	No	Yes
S_al	No	No	No	No
S_tr	Partly	No	No	Yes
S_dr	Partly	Partly	Yes	Yes
S_dq	Partly	Partly	Yes	Yes
V_mp	Partly	No	No	Yes
V_mc	Partly	No	No	Yes
V_vc	Partly	No	No	Yes
V_vv	Partly	No	No	Yes

Yes: Separation was achieved over the entire filter range.

No: No separation was achieved.

Partly: Separation was achieved at some filter sizes.