title: Historical Perspectives IV: Creative Management of Fractured Teeth.
abstract: Various contemporary efforts have been advocated to strengthen root-treated teeth to prevent fracture; or to manage teeth that exhibit fractures. These efforts have favored the use of newer, adhesive materials, incorporating horizontally transfixed fiberglass posts to stabilize the fractured segments. Results have been encouraging, as teeth tested have exhibited fracture resistance similar to that found with onlays. However, this concept is not new and in spite of not having the advantages of adhesive dental materials, including the fiberglass posts, efforts that were made close to 100 years ago to stabilize and retain fractured teeth were reasonably successful.
authors.affiliation: American Board of Endodontics.|Texas A&M University.|Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas.
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gutmann
mesh_terms: D003764:Dental Materials / Q000266:history*; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011176:Post and Core Technique / Q000266:history*; D014082:Tooth Fractures; D014092:Tooth Root
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials
keywords: Dental History; Tooth fractures