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Review
. 2014 Feb;6(1):60-5.
doi: 10.4047/jap.2014.6.1.60. Epub 2014 Feb 14.

Dental fiber-post resin base material: a review

Aashwini Lamichhane  1 , Chun Xu  1 , Fu-Qiang Zhang  1
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Review

Dental fiber-post resin base material: a review

Aashwini Lamichhane et al. J Adv Prosthodont. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

Teeth that have short clinical crown, which are not alone enough to support the definitive restoration can be best treated using the post and core system. The advantages of fiber post over conventional metallic post materials have led to its wide acceptance. In addition to that the combination of aesthetic and mechanical benefits of fiber post has provided it with a rise in the field of dentistry. Also the results obtained from some clinical trials have encouraged the clinicians to use the fiber posts confidently. Fiber posts are manufactured from pre-stretched fibers impregnated within a resin matrix. The fibers could that be of carbon, glass/silica, and quartz, whereas Epoxy and bis-GMA are the most widely used resin bases. But recently studies are also found to be going on for polyimide as possible material for the fiber post resin base as a substitute for the conventional materials.

Keywords: Dentin; Epoxy; Fiber post; Polyimide; Resin base.

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Figures

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Cross linked epoxy polymer.
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Epoxy group.
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An imide.
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Aromatic heterocyclic polyimide.
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Linear polyimide.
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