Nonmetallic post-endodontic restorations: A systematic review
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Dental materials, Post and core technique, dental restoration failures.Resumo
Objective: To test the hypothesis that the placement of nonmetallic post in endodontically treated teeth is associated with improved survival rate of the restored teeth, using a systematic reviewing process of clinical studies. Material and Methods: Papers referring to post-endodontic on restorative teeth were located by MEDLINE search with limitation of search to the first selection criteria. Study selection: A three-step inclusion-exclusion procedure was applied to identify papers that represented; comparative study, clinical study, papers in English, human study, restorations for more than 2 years of follow-up, restorations with non-metallic post with single crown and those with consistency of data. Application of the third selection resulted in five studies in which, 638 restorations were done and resulted in survival rates that ranged from 96% at 2 years to 94% at 8 years.
