Assessment of Various Post Systems' Fracture Resistance after Endodontic Treatment

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024 Feb;16(Suppl 1):S699-S701. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_949_23. Epub 2024 Feb 29.

Abstract

Objectives: The study's objective is to evaluate the fracture resistance of a tooth that has had endodontic treatment and has been rebuilt using various post and core systems.

Materials and methods: Thirty-six extracted premolar teeth of similar sizes were picked, and at random, they were separated into three groups: group A received stainless-steel posts, group B received zirconia fiber posts, and group C received glass fiber posts. Dual-cured resin cement was used to cement each post. The acrylic resin blocks have samples imbedded in them. Additionally, fracture loads were measured while a compressive force was given to the tooth at a crosshead speed of 1 mm/minute. The one-way analysis of variance F-test and post hoc Tukey's test were then used to analyze the results.

Results: When the mean values and standard deviation were compared, it was found that glass fiber posts had the highest fracture resistance, followed by posts made of zirconia fiber, while stainless-steel posts had the lowest fracture resistance.

Conclusion: When compared to zirconia posts and stainless-steel posts, glass fiber posts had the highest level of fracture resistance.

Keywords: Post; resistance; strength.