In ICOI’s official glossary, Turned surface is cross-referenced to Machined implant surface.
Machined implant surface: Syn: Turned surface.
A dental implant surface that results from the milling process of a metallic rod.
The scratches of the tooling on the implant form a machined pattern of lines and grooves.
See: Surface characteristics (implant), Textured surface.
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