Objective: To check and compare the retention of cast posts cemented with three different kinds of cement.
Method: Forty five 45 human permanent maxillary incisors were randomly divided into three groups of 15 teeth. Root canals were prepared for the cast posts up to 8.5mm in length. The cast post obtained randomly were cemented with the help of the three cements (Zinc Phosphate, Glass-ionomer and resin modified Glass-ionomer [hybrid] cement). After cementation, the samples were stored in a physiological solution for seven days, after which we concluded the measure of retentive strength with the help of the universal testing machine (Zwick num. 112627, Ulm-Germany).
Results: The hybrid cement has the greatest means value for retention and it is 312.90 N. It is followed by the Glass-ionomer cement with 272.40 N, while the Zinc Phosphate has the least, at 312.90 N. The statistical analysis shows that there is a statistical difference in the retention strength between the Zinc Phosphate cement and the Glass-ionomer (p