Table 4.
Frequency and percentage of fracture pattern in each group.
| Thirds | Control | Customized | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Cervical | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Middle | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Apical | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Total | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 0% | 77.8% | 0% | 22.2% | 0% | 5.6% | 72.2% | 0% | 22.2% | 0% | |
Failure modes: 1: adhesive between post and resin cement; 2: between resin cement and root dentin; 3: mixed, with resin cement partially covering the post surface; 4: cohesive within the fiber post; and 5: cohesive within the dentin.