Posts are generally indicated for restoring endodontically treated teeth that are highly suscepttble to fracture because of their insufficient coronal tooth structure.
Prefabricated posts were traditionally made of metal and might be visible through the structure of endodontically treated teeth, particularly in anterior region.
Also, they might have different degrees of stiffness. Nonmetallic posts are made either from a resin matrix reinforced with carbon, glass or quartz fibers or from ceramic materials.
► FIBER POSTS: Intra-radicular dentin treatments and retention of fiber posts with self-adhesive resin cements
Als o, these posts are able to form a monoblock structure created by dentin, resin cement and post.
The systematic reviewing process enables the aggregation of res ults from different studies comparing different types of posts and aims to provide the current best available evidence upon which clinical decisions regarding the selection of endodontic posts can be based.
► DENTAL PULP: A Novel Strategy to Engineer Pre-Vascularized Full-Length Dental Pulp-like Tissue Constructs
The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the placement of nonmetallic post in endodontically treated teeth is associated with improved survival rate of the restored teeth, using a systematic reviewing process of clinical studies.
