Molares permanentes de pacientes jovens com cárie profunda versus tratados endodonticamente e restaurados com resina composta bulk fill – Análise da força de mordida e por elementos finitos específico

Abstract

Endodontic treatment (ETT) followed by direct composite resin restoration has been used for rehabilitating the severely damage molar teeth in young patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the molar teeth with different levels of the dental structure loss before and after the ETT and direct restoration with bulk fill resin composite on the stress distribution and the bite force magnitude. Three young patients (with 9, 10 and 12 years old), with the first mandibular molar teeth with deep occlusal caries with pulp involvement were selected attending with different levels of the dental structure loss: PI, both marginal ridge and all cusps; PII, maintenance of one marginal ridge and loss of one cusp; and PIII, loss of both marginal ridge, maintaining only buccal cusps. ETT was restored using Filtek Bulk Fill Posterior (3M ESPE). The bite forces in Newtons were measured initially and postoperatively for all teeth in habitual bite force using a miniload cell. Cone-beam tomography imaging was performed, and the Digital Imaging and Communication in Medice (.dcm) files were exported to Mimics, 3-Matic (Materialise) and Patran (MSC Software) software to create a patient-specific FEA models. Bite load was carry out using contact load applied by antagonist teeth in two moments: without ETT and restoration: PI. 30.1/136.6; PII. 34.3/133.4 and PIII. 47.9/124.1; and after restorative procedure: PI. 136.6; PII. 133.4 and PIII. 124.1 N. Performing ETT and bulk fill resin composite restoration the bite load increased 260% (36.7±11.6) to 131.9±17.8). The restorations were evaluated after 2 years. Before rehabilitation the stresses concentrated on weakened coronal dental structure and after rehabilitation they were homogeneously transferred to root dentin, irrespective of the level of the tooth structure loss. When the postoperatively bite load was applied on nontreated tooth models, high stress concentration on weakened areas was verified. The restorations performed perfectly after 2 years. The extensive caries with pulp involvement affected negatively the bite load and increased the stress concentration on weakened areas and at furcation favoring the tooth fracture. The ETT and bulk fill resin composite restoration showed to be an efficient method for rehabilitate the biomechanical performance of molar teeth of young patients severely compromised structurally.