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Prevalence Of Cast Post Vs Prefabricated Post In Restoring The Upper Anterior Tooth Post Root Canal Treatment

Vigneshwar.T, Sathiyamoorthy S

Aim: To determine the prevalence of cast post vs prefabricated post in restoring the upper anterior tooth post root canal treatment. Introduction: The endodontically treated teeth with extensive loss of tooth substance have numerous problems due to significant reduction in the capability to resist a myriad of functional forces Today, it is accepted clinical practice to use a post to retain the coronal restoration after a tooth has been endodontically treated when significant amounts of the coronal tooth structure is missing Materials and Methods: The retrospective study was conducted in a university setting. Data was collected from the patients who visited Saveetha dental college between June 2019 to February 2021. Among 573 patients who had reported to the department of conservative dentistry and endodontics of saveetha dental college, prevalence of cast post vs prefabricated post in restoring the upper anterior tooth post root canal treatment were calculated. Results: It was noted that the most common age group to undergo treatment for cast post and prefabricated fiber post were patients in the age group of 29-39 years (28.50%) the most prevalent gender to undergo this treatment was Male (56.64%), most prevalent post used in anterior region was prefabricated teeth (81.29%), most prevalent teeth to be treated was central incisor (50.52%). Conclusion: Within the limitations of the study, it can be concluded the prevalence of prefabricated fiber post in the central incisor was most commonly seen in males than females. Significant association was present between the gender and tooth number with type of post.