Commentary by Francesco Mannocci and Tim Watson Mannocci F, Bertelli E, Sherriff M, Watson TF, Pitt Ford TR (2002) Three-year clinical comparison of survival of endodontically treated teeth restored with either full cast coverage or direct composite restoration. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 88, 297-301.

摘要

This paper published more than 6 years ago was, to our knowledge, the first randomised controlled clinical trial produced on the survival of endodontically treated teeth. It was also the first clinical trial in which the ability of adhesive techniques to restore posterior teeth without crown coverage was tested.The clinical success rate of endodontically treated premolars with Class II carious cavities, restored either with carbon fibre post/composite cores or with carbon fibre post/composite cores and crown coverage, was compared. At 3 years no difference was found between the two groups. This work raised considerable interest and was quoted in virtually every paper dealing with the subject in the following years. It was also reviewed twice in 'evidence-based' journals (Basrani & Matthews 2004, Bolla et al. 2007).