Adhesive Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth – Current Research

From Volume 33, Issue 8, October 2006 | Pages 500-506

Authors

Richard M Foxton

BDS, PhD, MFDS RCS (Ed)

Clinical Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St. Thomas' Hospitals, Guy's Tower, Guy's Hospital, London SEI 9RT, UK

Articles by Richard M Foxton

Francesco Mannocci

MD, DDS, PhD, FHEA

Clinical Lecturer/Specialist in Endodontics, Department of Restorative Dentistry, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St. Thomas' Hospitals, Guy's Tower, Guy's Hospital, London SEI 9RT, UK

Articles by Francesco Mannocci

Luciana Melo

DDS, PhD

Clinical Teacher, Department of Restorative Dentistry, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St. Thomas' Hospitals, Guy's Tower, Guy's Hospital, London SEI 9RT, UK

Articles by Luciana Melo

Abstract

Restoring endodontically-treated teeth using adhesively cemented fibre posts is becoming popular in general practice. Clinical studies have been promising, however failures can occur, usually because of de-bonding of the post. Current research, aimed at identifying factors that could improve the adhesion of fibre posts, is described.

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