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 pulppathology 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