Frequency of complications after post and core treatment in patients visited two tertiary care hospitals

Objectives: To observe the pattern of complications after provision of post & core restorations in patients visited two tertiary care hospitals.
Methods: 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 questionnaire after six month from provision of post and core restorations. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version-16 was used for data analysis.
Results: The most frequent complain was gingivitis (22.1%) followed by loss of retention/ requirement of re cementation which was 15.7%. While 6.3% were reported with fracture of post & fracture of core.
Conclusions: To restore endodontically treated teeth with post and core restoration is very effective treatment option. Different factors should be considered before provision of post and core restoration to reduce the associated complications.