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Three-year follow up of customized glass fiber esthetic posts
Rogério Goulart da Costa1, Eduardo Christiano Caregnatto de Morais, Moira Pedroso Leão
1Professor of Dental Prosthesis of the Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology of Paraná, Department of Proshtetic Dentistry, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Abstract:
Customized glass fiber posts that is well adjusted into the root canal and have mechanical properties similar to those of dentin may be a suitable treatment for severely compromised endodontically treated teeth. This article reports a 3-year follow up of severely damaged endodontically treated teeth restored with unidirectional fiber glass customized post and core system instead of a conventional fiber post. The fabrication of this glass fiber customized post is a simple technique, providing an increased volume of fibers into the root canal, and an adequate polymerization of the post-core system. Over a three-year period, the treatments demonstrated good clinical and radiographic characteristics, with no fracture or loss of the post and/or crown. This technique can be considered effective, less invasive, and suitable for restore endodontically treated teeth.