title: Three-year follow up of customized glass fiber esthetic posts.
abstract: Customized glass fiber posts that is well adjusted into the root canal and have mechanical properties similar to those of dentin may be a suitable treatment for severely compromised endodontically treated teeth. This article reports a 3-year follow up of severely damaged endodontically treated teeth restored with unidirectional fiber glass customized post and core system instead of a conventional fiber post. The fabrication of this glass fiber customized post is a simple technique, providing an increased volume of fibers into the root canal, and an adequate polymerization of the post-core system. Over a three-year period, the treatments demonstrated good clinical and radiographic characteristics, with no fracture or loss of the post and/or crown. This technique can be considered effective, less invasive, and suitable for restore endodontically treated teeth.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Dental Prosthesis of the Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology of Paraná, Department of Proshtetic Dentistry, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rogério Goulart
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: Eduardo Christiano Caregnatto
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: de Morais
authors.forename: Moira Pedroso
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Leão
authors.forename: Márcio José Fraxino
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bindo
authors.forename: Edson Alves
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Gisele Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Correr