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Post concepts are changing.

Gordon J Christensen
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Use of post-and-core restorations has changed markedly in the past several decades. Current use and research supports techniques using tooth-colored, fiber-reinforced resin-based composite posts or titanium alloy posts cemented with resin cement, followed by resin-based composite build-ups. Although fiber-reinforced resin-based composite posts appear to be very promising, long-term clinical observation is needed. I have made suggestions about when to use posts, what type of post to use and how to use them.

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Gordon J Christensen. 2004. Post concepts are changing.. https://doi.org/10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0406

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