Posts used in dentistry-surface treatments and retention

Restoring endodontically treated teeth is a challenge when insufficient coronal tooth structure remains to support a restoration, and the post is commonly used to retain the core. Post and core systems have been used to restore endodontically treated tooth for more than 250 years. Many in-vitro studies have investigated various factors that affect retention of a post. However, very few studies have been done to evaluate the effect of different surface treatment on retention of Glass fiber post, Carbon fiber post and Cast metal posts. This book is written to enlighten and increase our knowledge on various surface treatments and their effect on retention of posts used in Dentistry