The effect of root canal treatment and post-crown restorations on stress distribution in teeth with periapical periodontitis: a finite element analysis

• Main Authors: ShuoMin Chen (Author), XinHua Hong (Author), ZhangYan Ye (Author), MengHan Wu (Author), Liang Chen (Author), LinMei Wu (Author), Yilin Wang (Author), YuGe Chen (Author), JiaYu Wu (Author), Jun Wang (Author), QinHui Zhang (Author), YuTian Wu (Author), XiaoYu Sun (Author), Xi Ding (Author), ShengBin Huang (Author), ShuFan Zhao (Author)
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• Published: BMC, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Aim To evaluate the effects of root canal treatment (RCT) and post-crown restoration on stress distribution in teeth with periapical bone defects using finite element analysis. Methodology Finite element models of mandibular second premolars and those with periapical bone defects (spherical...