An Overview of Clinical Studies on Fiber Post Systems

Table 1

The table summarizes general information on clinical studies performed on fiber posts between 1998 and 2012. The term “success” stands for those teeth without any indication of extraction as well as complications such as debonding, post fracture during the conclusion of the serving period.

	Year	Author(s)	Study design	Type of posts assessed	Follow-up period	Success rate (percentage)
1	1998	Fredriksson et al. [7]	Retrospective	Composipost	2-3 years	98
2	2000	Glazer [14]	Prospective	Composipost	6.7–45.4 months	89.6
3	2000	Ferrari et al. [15]	Prospective	Composipost, conventional cast post-core	4 years	95
4	2000	Ferrari et al. [16]	Prospective	Composipost, Aestheti posts, Aestheti-Plus posts	1–6 years	96.8
5	2002	Mannocci et al. [4]	Prospective	Composipost + full cast coverage; Composipost + direct composite restorations	1, 2, and 3 years	Composiposts + full cast coverage: 1 year—100; 2 year—94.7; 3 year—100; Composiposts + direct composite restorations: 1 year—100; 2 year—93.8; 3 year—98
6	2003	King et al. [17]	Prospective	Carbon fiber post, metallic prefabricated posts	24, 29, 56, and 87 months	Carbon fiber post: 71; Metallic prefabricated posts: 89
7	2003	Hedlund et al. [19]	Retrospective	Composipost, Endopost	2, 3 years	97
8	2003	Monticelli et al. [20]	Prospective	Aestheti Plus (quartz fiber) posts, DT Light posts and FRC Postec posts	2 years	93.8
9	2003	Malferrari et al. [21]	Prospective	Aestheti-Plus posts (quartz fiber)	30 months	98.3
10	2005	Naumann et al. [9]	Prospective	FiberKor posts (3 sizes) (parallel sided and tapered glass fiber)	12 months and 24 months	12 months: 96.2; 24 months: 88.6
11	2005	Naumann et al. [10]	Prospective	FiberKor posts (parallel sided); DentinPost (tapered)	5-6 months (ave: 3.9)	93.3
12	2005	Grandini et al. [23]	Prospective	DT Light posts + direct resin composite	6, 12, 24, and 30 months	No cumulative data given; (High performance in general) (100%)
13	2007	Schmitter et al. [8]	Prospective	Glass fiber posts, screw posts	1 year	93.5
14	2007	Cagidiaco et al. [24]	Prospective	DT Light posts	23–25 months	Post debondings: 4.3; Endodontic failures: 3.0
15	2007	Naumann et al. [22]	Prospective	Titanium posts, fiber reinforced posts	2-3 years	100
16	2007	Piovesan et al. [25]	Prospective	Polyethylene fiber posts	97 months	95
17	2008	Preethi and Kala [26]	Prospective	Carbon fiber posts, glass fiber posts, cast posts	1 year	100
18	2008	Mehta and Millar [27]	Prospective	Fibre-White Parapost cemented either by Calibra or Panavia.	38–54 months	Calibra: 64.1; Panavia: 79.5
19	2009	Signore et al. [28]	Retrospective	FibreKor fiber posts (parallel sided or tapered)	5.3 years	98.5
20	2011	Ghavamnasiri et al. [29]	Retrospective	RTD posts (quartz fiber), extensive composite resin	1–6 years	48.8
21	2011	Schmitter et al. [6]	Prospective	ER dentin posts (glass fiber) and titanium screw posts	5 years	71.8
22	2011	Zicari et al. [30]	Prospective	Prefabricated posts; Custom-made glass fiber posts	7–37 months	Prefabricated: 91.7; Custom made: 97.2
23	2012	Naumann et al. [31]	Prospective	Glass fiber posts	120 months	63
24	2012	Sterzenbach et al. [5]	Prospective	Glass fiber posts, titanium posts	84 months	Glass fiber posts: 90.2; Titanium posts: 93.5