Push-out Bond Strength of Two Types of Dental Post Luted with Two Types of Cement at Two Different Root Levels

OBJECTIVE: Endodontically treated teeth may require posts for retaining the core and replacing the coronal structures that have been lost. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the push-out bond strength between different types of post cemented with different types of luting cement at different types of root level. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this in-vitro study, a total of 48 single-rooted permanent human teeth were decoronated, and the roots were treated endodontically. Following post space preparation, the sample was divided into four groups (n= 12 each) based on the types of post and cement. Two different types of post [GC everStick(®)POST (ES) and Parapost(®) Fiber Lux(TM) (PF)], and two different types of cement [G-CEM(TM) (G), and RelyX(TM) Unicem (R)] were used according to the manufacturer’s instructions. All roots were sectioned at the coronal and middle thirds with a thickness of 3±0.1mm. The Push-out bond strength (PBS) test was performed using a universal testing machine at a cross-head speed of 0.5mm/ min. The bond strength values were recorded, and the data were analyzed using the SPSS program. Apart from descriptive statistics, three-way ANOVA was used for the interaction of the independent variables (post, cement, and root level). For differences between the groups, the Mann-Whitney U test was used. A P-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant for all analyses. RESULTS: Push-out bond strength of samples at the middle level (11.38±10.31 MPa), with PF posts (11.18±9.98 MPa), and of those luted with RelyX(TM) Unicem cement (13.26±8.73 MPa) was higher than that of their counterparts. The PBS means of RelyX(TM) Unicem cement at both root levels were much higher than PBS means of G-CEM(TM) cement. Three-way ANOVA test revealed a significant effect for each variable with a higher effect of cement (Sum of Squares= 1310.690; P< 0.001). No significant difference (P= 0.153) was found between the coronal and middle parts and between ES and PF posts (P= 0.058). However, a highly significant difference (P< 0.001) was found between RelyX(TM) Unicem and G-CEM(TM) cements. CONCLUSION: The type of cement had a significant effect on push-out bond strength with RelyX(TM) Unicem which had higher values than G-CEM(TM). However, the type of post and root level had no significant effect on PBS, although Parapost® Fiber Lux(TM) and middle root level had higher values than their counterparts.