| Abstract text: |
A great number of endodontically treated teeth, some would say the majority of them during one phase or another of treatment end up being restored with root-fixed posts. These posts can be either metallic (cast or preformed), or, thanks to the technical progress of the last decades, non-metallic. The non-metallic posts are made from materials ranging from ceramic, carbon fiber, glass fiber and even composite materials. Regarding the first category of root-anchored posts, the metallic ones, there is great divergence in the specialty literature on this subject many opinions still being for the use of these posts and just as many being against. The second category, the non-metallic posts, have been overlooked by many clinicians due to the absence of substantial clinical studies proving their mechanical efficiency, and often these kind of posts are used solely due to their aesthetic advantages. Aesthetics being one of the main driving forces behind today’s innovations in dentistry, a lot of accent falls on reducing the aesthetic inconveniences of today’s dental products. In this paper we would like to prove, by using a clinical case, the fact that the ER-PCR titanium posts (KOMET) have been designed to offer the best physical and clinical qualities while, at the same time, being fully compatible with any integrally esthetic crown restoration. |
