European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Introduction: Endodontically treated teeth often have a significant coronal and radicular compromise of  tooth structure because of extensive caries, fracture, trauma to the tooth, iatrogenic causes and pulp pathology
Materials and methods: Sixty extracted, single-rooted teeth with complete root development, mature apex, visible canal space and patent apical foramen were selected for this study. All teeth were free of caries lesions and fractures as evaluated under a microscope and radiographically.
Results: The mean and standard deviations of time to remove the fiber posts for the 4 subgroups, measured in seconds, are given in Table 1 ( Graph 1). Table 2 (Graph 2) shows the mean time to remove fiber posts for the 3 fiber post removal system subgroups. The 3 subgroups did not differ significantly in average removal time. There was no significant difference between two removal kits and diamond bur/Peeso reamer combination in terms of efficiency for removal of fiber posts.
Conclusion: Within the limitations of the present study, it can be concluded that There was no difference between the three post removal systems i.e., DT Removal drill kit, Kodex Twist drill/ Parapost removal drill kit