JOURNAL OF ORAL REHABILITATION, cilt.31, sa.6, ss.585-589, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
The purpose of this study was to compare the retention of two different pre-fabricated posts cemented to the root canal with four different adhesive luting cements and a zinc phosphate cement. The crowns of 100 freshly extracted human mandibular central and lateral incisors were removed at the cementoenamel junction and divided into two main groups (A = ParaPost and B = Flexi-Post) and further divided into five subgroups to evaluate the effects of five different cements (Rely-X ARC, Panavia F, ParaPost Cement, Flexi-Flow Natural and Adhesor) each with 10 samples. Post-holes were prepared on all of the roots following the manufacturer's instructions. Each sample was placed into a specialized jig and tensile strength tests performed by using testing machine with a crosshead speed of 0.638 cm min(-1) and force applied until failure. The data were analysed with one-way