General Consideration of Post Systems

Abstract

More often than not pulpless teeth remain relatively intact after conservative endodontic treatment. Although it hasn't been shown that endodontically treated teeth are more brittle than healthy ones, pulpless teeth are known to crack during mastication. As a result of this known phenomenon, dental professionals have been looking for strategies to prevent pulpless teeth from breaking. Restoration and reinforcement of pulpless teeth is a crucial preventative step in endodontic therapy. A post is cemented into the root canal to reinforce a healthy endodontically treated tooth. The post is supposed to reinforce the tooth and keep it from breaking. A widely used technique for repairing teeth that have undergone endodontic treatment is post and cores. Retention applied onto the root thorough final restoration using the post and core restoration as a substructure. Therefore, post placement in the root is crucial. In order to ensure retention for a fixed restoration, endodontically treated teeth are frequently treated with posts and cores. Teeth that had gone through endodontic treatment often suffer from severe coronal damage. In order to ensure retention for full or partial coverage restoration, these teeth may require a coronal substructure or core for retention of a full or partial bonding restoration. Generally, primary retention feature of a core is an intraradicular post. Posts and cores are routinely used for endodontical teeth restoration. This article provides a review presentation about utilization of post systems on the pulpless tooth.