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J Am Dent Assoc, Vol 134, No 10, 1309-1310.
© 2003 American Dental Association
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LETTERS

Authors’ response

We value Dr. Morgano’s critique of our article. We are in complete agreement with Dr. Morgano regarding the appropriate length and width of posts for restoring endodontically treated teeth.

Our article’s main points were to aid the clinician in the early detection of vertical root fractures; we were not advising the reader in post selection or ferrule preparation. Although we illustrated a few poorly selected posts, we did not imply causation between post length and root fracture.

However, we do have a suspicion, based on our clinical experience, that poor post design or length may be a significant risk factor for vertical root fracture, or VRF. We may be able to explore this suspicion in our follow-up article, wherein we will be presenting, with a statistical analysis, a more extensive investigation of 225 VRFs from three different geographic locations.



Stephen Cohen, D.D.S., M.A., Adjunct Clinical Professor of Endodontics
University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco

Lucia Blanco, D.D.S., Endodontist in private practice
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Louis Berman, D.D.S., Endodontist in private practice
Annapolis, Md.



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