Fibre post cementation: instrumental analysis.

Abstract

The loss of dental substance due to the presence of decay, to wide conservative repairs, to the preparation of prosthetics or to enamel-dentine fractures, often causes an important structural weakening in the element that is endodontically treated (1-15). It is therefore necessary to use endocanal posts in the coronal reconstruction. Mineral fibre posts and epoxy resins that are available at present, fixed with resinous cements, thanks to their excellent integration, exceed the concept of reconstruction, meant as assembly of heterogeneous materials, arranging homogeneous materials according to a similar flexibility module (16-18). This allows to get a "post dentine cement monobloc", which is ideal for the morphofunctional tooth resetting (19-35). The aim of our experimental study was to analyse and compare the surface characteristics of same posts that are available at present by observing them in their relationship with cement and dental materials (36-44).