Effect of post length on endodontically treated teeth: analyses of tensile strength (original) (raw)

2011, Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences

Aim: This study compared the tensile strength of endodontically treated teeth restored with different posts and cores with different post lengths. Methods: Sixty extracted intact canines were randomly divided into 6 groups. Groups CP1, CP2 and CP3 were restored with custom cast postand-core and groups PF1, PF2 and PF3 were restored with prefabricated post and composite resin core, with different combinations of post length of 5,0 mm, 7.5 mm and 10 mm, respectively (n = 10). All teeth were restored with a total metal crown. A tensile loading was applied at a 180- degree angle to the long axis until failure. Results: The 2-way analysis of variance (a=0.05) showed statistically significant difference (p<0.001) among the groups. However, when the mean fracture forces for the groups were compared (Groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6: 134.5 N (34.2), 178.9N (40.1), 271,5 N (55.9), 161.7 N (22.0), 216.1 N (42.0) and 257.9 N (41.0), respectively), no significant differences could be detected amon...