With the increasing use of titanium in dentistry, the methods for maintenance, particularly the polishing sequence, have become especially important. Thirty test samples of commercially pure grade 2 titanium were sandblasted with 110 μm aluminum oxide at 60 psi to establish a baseline surface roughness. Two samples were exposed to each of 15 different polishing sequences. Scanning electron photomicrographs of the polished samples were taken at x 100 and randomly assigned identification numbers. The photomicrographs were evaluated and ranked by six dentists for surface smoothness. The best surface polish was obtained with the following sequence: aluminum oxide stone, green Flexie rubber abrasive wheel, white Flexie rubber abrasive wheel, flour of pumice on a wet rag wheel, buffing bar compound on a felt wheel, rouge on a felt wheel, and rouge on a chamois wheel (Implant Dent 1993;2:117–121)