Comparison of Ribbond and Everstick Post in Reinforcing the Re-attached Maxillary Incisors Having Two Oblique Fracture Patterns: An In Vitro Study
Prachi Mital, Harshit Srivastava, Namita Somani, Deeksha Khurana, Prachi Mital, Namita Somani
Abstract
This study aims to compare the resistance to fracture in maxillary incisors which were fractured in two different oblique patterns and then were re-attached and reinforced using anatomic fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) post. Materials and methods: Sixty extracted and intact human maxillary incisors were obtained and divided into two groups (A and B; n = 30). "Labiopalatal" and "palatolabial" fractures were induced in group A and group B, respectively. These two groups were further subdivided into two subgroups (n = 15). In subgroup I Ribbond fiber (Ribbond Inc., Seattle, WA, USA) and in subgroup II Everstick post (everStick Post, GC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) were used. Fractured fragments were re-attached using resin and tested for fracture resistance in universal testing machine. Statistical analysis was done with ANOVA one-way test and post hoc test.