COMPLICATIONS AFTER POST AND CORE TREATMENT.

Rehabilitation of worn dentitions is a big challenge. To save badly damaged teeth after endodontic treatment, provision of post and core restoration is very effective treatment option. The aim of this study was to observe common complications associated with provision of post and core treatment for the badly damage tooth. In this study 95 patients reported to Oral Diagnostic Departments of Hamdard University Dental Hospital (HUDH), Karachi and Nishtar Institute of Dentistry (NID), Multan were randomly selected. Sixty two females and thirty three males were included in this study with age range from 18-47 years. After taking consent, patients were evaluated by using self designed proforma after six month from provision of post and core restorations. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16 was used for data analysis to find common complications linked with post and core restorations. The most frequent complain was gingivitis which was reported in 21 patients (22.1%) followed by loss of retention/ requirement of re cementation which was found in 15 (15.7%) patients respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]