Fracture strength of cad-cam milled polyetheretherketone (PEEK) post-cores vs conventional post-cores; an in vitro study

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Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

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Introduction

MATERIALS & METHODS

Sample preparation

Preparation of EverStick (E-glass) post and resin composite core samples

Preparation of zirconia post-core samples with CAD/CAM

Preparation of metal (Cr-Co) post-core samples with CAD/CAM

Preparation of PEEK post-core samples with CAD/CAM

Thermocycling and fracture test

Statistical analysis

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSIONS

Supplemental Information

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Ayetullah Direk conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Samet Tekin conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Zohaib Khurshid conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Human Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

The Firat University granted Ethical approval from the Non-Interventional Research Ethics Committee on 2020/08-32.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data are available in the Supplemental Files.

Funding

The authors received support from the Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia through the project number INST218. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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