Clinical and laboratorial performance of rehabilitation of endodontically treated teeth: A systematic review.

OBJECTIVE: This systematic review aimed to analyze the clinical (survival rate, failure risk, or fracture) and laboratory performance (fracture mode or failure) of rehabilitations of endodontically treated teeth, with and without posts. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A systematic search was conducted in the Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, and OpenGrey databases up to March 2023, according to PRISMA guidelines. In vitro and clinical studies that compared the clinical and laboratory performance of endodontically treated teeth with and without intraradicular posts were included. Studies selection, data extraction, and risk of bias analysis were performed. RESULTS: Thirty-one in vitro and 7 clinical studies were included. For in vitro studies, fiberglass post (n = 24) was the most mentioned. The follow-up time of the clinical studies ranged from 1 to 17 years, with the fiber-reinforced composite post (n = 3) being the most evaluated, and only failure risk proved to be more favorable for using intraradicular posts. CONCLUSION: Rehabilitations of endodontically treated teeth with and without intraradicular retainers showed no difference in fracture resistance and failure mode, evaluated by in vitro studies. Clinical studies showed no difference in survival rate, but failure risk proved to be more favorable for the use of posts. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This analysis revealed significant variability between results, however, most laboratory and clinical studies revealed no difference with using the post. Furthermore, it is important to emphasize the need to evaluate the coronary remnant and the general characteristics of the tooth in each situation.

Influence of Zirconia-Coated Bioactive Glass on Gingival Fibroblast Behavior.

The objective of this study was the development of a bioactive glass coating on zirconia (Zr) to modulate the gingival fibroblast phenotype. For this purpose, Biosilicate® (BS) particles in a water/isopropyl alcohol (1:1) vehicle (6 mg/mL) were applied to zirconia discs followed by thermal treatment at 1100 °C for 20 min. The surface topography (SEM), chemical composition (EDX), surface roughness (Ra; confocal microscopy), surface free energy (goniometry), and color alteration (UV-vis spectrophotometry) were assessed (n=6). Thereafter, L929 fibroblasts were seeded onto Zr and Zr+BS discs, and cell proliferation (Alamar Blue; n=6), morphology (SEM; n=2), migration (wound healing; n=4), and collagen synthesis (Sirius Red; n=6) were evaluated up to 7 days. Data were analyzed by ANOVA/Tukey tests (a=5%). A homogeneous coating consisting of Si, Na, O, and Ca was detected on the Zr surface after thermal treatment with BS, which led to a significant increase in surface roughness and free energy (p<0.05). No change in color parameters was observed (p>0.05). Cells seeded on the Zr+BS surface featured increased proliferation, collagen expression, and migration capability in comparison with those cultured on plain Zr (p<0.05). SEM images revealed that cell spreading occurred faster in the presence of BS. Therefore, it was concluded that thermal treatment of the Zr surface with BS led to the deposition of a bioactive coating, which induced gingival fibroblast spread, proliferation, migration, and collagen expression in vitro.

Alterações dimensionais em modelos de gessos com fraturas e colagem com cianocrilato / Dimensional change in gypsum models with fractures and collage with cyanocrylate

Objetivo: avaliar a precisão dimensional de modelos de gesso tipos III e IV submetidos a diversos tipos de fraturas, seguidas de colagem com cianoacrilato. Materiais e mé-todo: a amostra foi constituída por 80 modelos de gesso obtidos a partir de moldes de silicone de adição Zetala-bor Platinum®, provenientes de um modelo mestre em aço inox, com dois pilares. Foram formados 2 grupos (n = 40): Grupo 1-Modelos de gesso tipo III e Grupo 2-Mo-delos de gesso tipo IV. Cada grupo foi subdividido em: Controle (n = 10) Modelos de gesso sem fratura; Experi-mental 1 (n = 10) Modelos de gesso colados com adesi-vo a base de cianoacrilato SuperBonder® após fratura no espaço protético, entre os dois pilares; Experimental 2 (n = 10) Modelos de gesso colados após fratura horizontal nos pilares, simulando fratura, ocorrida durante a remo-ção do modelo do molde; Experimental 3 (n = 10) Mo-delos de gesso colados após fratura simulando acidente de queda de uma bancada de laboratório. As unidades amostrais foram mensuradas com paquímetro digital. Os dados foram processados e submetidos à análise estatís-tica (teste de Shapiro-Wilk e teste t student). Resultados: os modelos de gesso fraturados e colados com cianoacri-lato exibiram alterações dimensionais lineares quando comparados aos respectivos controles. Os modelos de gesso tipo III do Grupo 1, se comportaram de forma di-ferente, quando comparados aos modelos de gesso tipo IV do mesmo grupo. Conclusão: a colagem de pilares em modelos de gesso de prótese fixa, sem padronização, põe em risco a precisão dimensional desses.