Effect of Anatomical Customization of the Fiber Post on the Bond Strength of a Self-Adhesive Resin Cement

Table 4

Frequency and percentage of fracture pattern in each group.

Thirds	Control					Customized
	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5
Cervical	0	5	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	0
Middle	0	4	0	2	0	1	4	0	1	0
Apical	0	5	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	0
Total	0	14	0	4	0	1	13	0	4	0
	0%	77.8%	0%	22.2%	0%	5.6%	72.2%	0%	22.2%	0%

Failure modes: 1: adhesive between post and resin cement; 2: between resin cement and root dentin; 3: mixed, with resin cement partially covering the post surface; 4: cohesive within the fiber post; and 5: cohesive within the dentin.