DOI: 10.11607/prd.3109, PubMed ID (PMID): 27977815Pages 32-38, Language: EnglishNevins, Myron / Leziy, Sonia / Kerr, Eric / Janke, Ulrich / Rasperini, Giulio / Hanratty, James / Pasquinelli, Kirk / Testori, Tiziano / Shapoff, Cary A. / Kim, David M.This multicenter clinical trial of platform-switched laser-microchannel implants supports findings from a previous preclinical trial. Previous information indicated that an interimplant distance narrower than 3 mm would result in decrease in the crestal bone level, but the results of this investigation suggest that a more optimistic clinical result can be anticipated for implants and abutments with a laser-microchannel surface.
