Cyclic fatigue testing of five endodontic post designs supported by four core materials.
OBJECTIVE
This pilot study examined the cyclic fatigue of five endodontic post systems (AccessPost, Flexi-Flange, Flexi-Post, ParaPost, and Vlock) with four core materials (Tytin silver amalgam, Ti-Core, Ketac-Silver and G-C Miracle Mix).


METHODS
In vitro cyclic fatigue was performed with a machine designed to simulate masticatory fatigue forces. An instantaneous force of 22.2 N (5 pounds) was applied to each post and core combination for a test configuration of 4,000,000 repetitions, or until failure occurred. The type of failure and number of repetitions at failure was recorded for each sample tested. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare groups.


RESULTS
All posts/core samples with Ti-Core composite and Tytin silver amalgam completed the test with no failures. All posts/core samples with Ketac-Silver material failed before the 4,000,000 test cycle configuration and all failures were core failures. All posts/core samples with G-C Miracle Mix material failed in a similar manner. Newman-Keuls multiple comparison test illustrated that, with this simulated fatigue test, Ti-Core material and Tytin silver amalgam were superior to both G-C Miracle Mix and Ketac-Silver materials.
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Essential Dental Laboratories, South Hackensack, N.J., USA.
Pagnillo
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Newman
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Musikant
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Deutsch
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001732:Bite Force; D002484:Cementation; D016722:Cermet Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D003722:Dental Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000737:chemistry; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011176:Post and Core Technique; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry; D015036:Zinc Phosphate Cement / Q000737:chemistry
D016722:Cermet Cements; D003188:Composite Resins; D003722:Dental Alloys; D003764:Dental Materials; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; C078801:Miracle Mix; C079578:Ti-Core composite resin; D012834:Silver; C036886:tytin; D015036:Zinc Phosphate Cement; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D014025:Titanium