[The manufacture and application of compound cast post-core in maxillary molars].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical results of compound cast post-core in maxillary molars.


METHODS
Compound cast post-core was used to repair maxillary molars which had wide defects in crowns and had difficulty in finding the common insert path.


RESULTS
Compound cast post-cores were used in 32 patients for 35 teeth. Full crown or fixed bridge were then fabricated. There was no post-core lost during a follow up of 1 to 5 years.


CONCLUSIONS
Compound casting post-core not only solved the problem of making cast post-core in complex maxillary molars, but also improved the retention of these post-cores and strengthened the restorations by using the undercut area of the teeth.
Li
Jun
J
Department of Dentistry, Shanghai Youdian Hospital, Shanghai, China. LJ591008@hotmail.com
Xu
Jue
J
Wang
Wei-cheng
WC
D003442:Crowns; D003764:Dental Materials; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla; D008963:Molar; D011176:Post and Core Technique / Q000295:instrumentation*
D003764:Dental Materials