Abstract |
The aim of this study was to investigate the fracture strength of endodontically treated teeth restored with different posts and variable ferrule heights. Sixty freshly extracted human canines were treated endodontically and randomly assigned to 6 groups (n=10), being restored with custom-made cast post-and-core (CP0 and CP3 groups), prefabricated post and composite resin core (PF0 and PF3 groups), and composite resin (CR0 and CR3 groups). The CP0, PF0 and CR0 groups presented no ferrule and the CP3, PF3 and CR3 presented 3 mm of coronal structure. All teeth were restored with full metal crowns. The fracture strength was measured in a universal testing machine at 45 degrees to the long axis of the tooth until failure. Data were analyzed statistically by 2-way ANOVA and Tukey's test (alpha=0.05). When the mean fracture strength values were compared (CP0 group - 820.20 N, CP3 group - 1179.12 N; PF0 group - 561.05 N; PF3 group - 906.79 N; CR0 group - 297.84 N; and CR3 group - 1135.15 N) there was statistically significant among the groups (p<0.05), except for the three groups with 3 mm of coronal remaining, which were similar to each other. The results of this study showed that the ferrule in crowns promoted significantly higher fracture strength in the endodontically treated teeth.
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Authors | Jefferson Ricardo Pereira, Accácio Lins do Valle, Fábio Kenji Shiratori, Janaina Salomon Ghizoni, Murilo Pereira de Melo |
Journal | Brazilian dental journal
(Braz Dent J)
Vol. 20
Issue 4
Pg. 297-302
( 2009)
ISSN: 1806-4760 [Electronic] Brazil |
PMID | 20069252
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Analysis of Variance
- Crowns
- Cuspid
- Dental Prosthesis Design
- Dental Restoration Failure
- Dental Stress Analysis
- Humans
- Maxilla
- Post and Core Technique
(instrumentation)
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Stress, Mechanical
- Tooth Crown
(pathology)
- Tooth Fractures
(pathology, prevention & control)
- Tooth Root
(pathology)
- Tooth, Nonvital
(pathology)
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