Research Article

Fracture Resistance and Stress Distribution Pattern of Different Posts-Core Systems in Immature Teeth: An In Vitro Study and 3D Finite Element Analysis

Table 4

Failure pattern observed for experimental groups.

Failure modeGroup 1 (N = 20)Group 2 (N = 20)Group 3 (N = 20)Group 4 (N = 20)

Fracture of post and/or core20 (100%)17 (85%)
Debonding at post/core/tooth interface3 (15%)
Root fracture20 (100%)
Fracture of coronal tooth structure20 (100%)