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. 2022 Oct 26;14(10):e30735.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.30735. eCollection 2022 Oct.

A Comparative Study of Success Rates of Post and Core Treated Anterior and Posterior Teeth Using Cast Metal Posts

Jayant Prakash  1 , Mahesh Suganna Golgeri  2 , Shaista Haleem  3 , Hina Kausher  4 , Prashant Gupta  5 , Pushpraj Singh  6 , Shivakumar G C  7
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A Comparative Study of Success Rates of Post and Core Treated Anterior and Posterior Teeth Using Cast Metal Posts

Jayant Prakash et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Background: Post and core restorations are performed (generally after treating the root canals of the tooth) when the majority of the tooth structure has been rendered ineffective to support itself/the crown of the tooth. In this clinical study, we aim to compare the difference between post and core treatment of anterior and posterior teeth and their success/failure rates.

Objective: Our investigation aimed to compare the clinical survival rates of custom-fabricated cast metal post-and-cores in cases of anterior and posterior teeth while controlling for the population's age and gender, type of post material, length of the post, amount of alveolar bone tissue supporting the roots, tooth location in the dental arch, and type of cement used, as well as the effect of opposing dentition and the type of definitive prosthetic treatment received.

Methods: 112 individuals who had received root canal therapy (RCT) and were chosen to receive post and core therapy following their RCT were chosen for the study, and a total of 164 teeth were scheduled to undergo the therapy. All the posts used were made of cast metal, and the patients were divided into two groups: 48 individuals had the posts placed in their posterior teeth (a total of 71 teeth in this case), and the second group was made up of the remaining 64 patients, all with 93 teeth in the anterior region. The follow-up was done twice at a six-month interval after cementation was complete.

Results: No significant changes were observed between the stability of the post structures in the anterior and posterior teeth that were examined, and the survival rates were found to be similar in both instances.

Conclusion: The cast metal posts performed at a similar success rate for the one-year period when the teeth were under our observation, and there were no considerable changes seen statistically. But it must be mentioned that a short follow-up period was observed, so the results might probably see some variations when a longer period of time is taken into consideration.

Keywords: cast metal post; clinical trial; post and core; restoration; survival rate.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Flowchart representing randomisation and subject allocation for our investigation
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