{"id":31355,"date":"2026-10-05T12:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/?p=31355"},"modified":"2026-09-30T13:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:33:44","slug":"restoration-of-endodontically-treated-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/restoration-of-endodontically-treated-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Cami Ferris-Wong, DDS<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some endodontists say that they would like to do more restorations after their root canal treatment but they just don\u2019t think that their referrals would allow it.\u00a0 Others say that they don\u2019t feel comfortable placing restorations because they haven\u2019t done it since dental school, or since they were in general practice.\u00a0 I understand both of these concerns, and I was in the same boat 20 plus years ago, so I\u2019d like to share the story of how I got into the practice of almost every tooth leaving my office with a permanent restoration in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31358\" style=\"width: 287px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31358\" class=\"wp-image-31358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-1.png 277w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-1-236x167.png 236w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-1-150x106.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1: Example of immediate post and core restoration.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a referral-based market, relationships are key, and my practice back in 2000 was no different.\u00a0 The restorative dentists wanted to restore everything, and a temporary filling was the culmination of almost every treatment I completed.\u00a0 I had a couple of referrals who were in insurance plans that did not pay for a core and a crown at the same visit, so they would ask me to place the core.\u00a0 Amalgam and core paste were the two options I had on hand and I used the former if isolation was an issue and the latter if it was a simple \u201cfill the hole\u201d situation.\u00a0 But the overall feeling was that you did what the referral asked you to do, period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few years later, a cascade of events happened that created a paradigm shift.\u00a0 First, Rick Schwartz and Ron Fransman published a beautiful article entitled \u201cAdhesive dentistry and endodontics: materials, clinical strategies and procedures for restoration of access cavities.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 They outlined the scientific evidence that advocates the placement of a final restoration at the time of RCT and then went on to show how it can be done at a high level.\u00a0 The glossy photos of esthetically restored PFM crowns were impressive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around the same time, I had a patient that came in a week after I completed her RCT, complaining of a gray spot on her tooth.\u00a0 Her crown had been brand new when I accessed it, a standard core was placed and she was left with a less than ideal situation esthetically.\u00a0 She said \u201cI just paid for a new crown and now after paying more money for the root canal, the crown looks bad.\u201d\u00a0 I initially was going to tell her that there was no solution to her complaint other than a new crown, but the article in the JOE was rattling around in my brain, so I offered to redo the core procedure free of charge.\u00a0 This first esthetic endodontic access restoration probably took me 30 minutes to do, but it looked so much nicer than what she had and she was thrilled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31359\" style=\"width: 737px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31359\" class=\"wp-image-31359 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-2-and-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"727\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-2-and-3.png 727w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-2-and-3-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-2-and-3-236x167.png 236w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-2-and-3-150x105.png 150w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-2-and-3-300x210@2x.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figures 2 and 3: Endodontic access cavity permanent restoration in PFM crown filled with bulk fill composite, porcelain opaquer, macrofill composite surface, brown and white esthetic tints.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The technique for masking the gray shadow of the metal under the porcelain was detailed and time-consuming, requiring opaquer, tints, paint brushes and more.\u00a0 But with practice I was able to create an esthetic result and get the technique down to about 15 minutes. Fortunately, Zirconium crowns are much easier to restore esthetically, which is now a more common restoration in my practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31361\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31361\" class=\"wp-image-31361 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-4.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-4-150x146.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 4: Zirconium crown permanent access cavity restoration.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, I was tired of seeing patients come back in with issues because they never had the tooth permanently restored.\u00a0 Either they came in with a fractured tooth because they bit on something hard, or the filling had fallen out and the access had been bathing in saliva.\u00a0 It was a frustrating scenario.\u00a0 I had a relationship with a local low-income clinic at the time who was booked out for months.\u00a0 I spoke with the director of the clinic and explained that I was concerned about the teeth not being restored right away, offering to do the cores and post and cores at a discount for their patients. She agreed that it would lessen a burden on them and that it would in fact benefit their patients.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, one of my best referrals and I decided to start a study club.\u00a0 In order to do this, we went to lunch almost every month together.\u00a0 Recognizing her restorative prowess, I picked her brain about the materials she used, techniques, and best practices and incorporated those things into my practice. She saw how dedicated I was to doing high-level restorative work and understood my concerns about rubber dam isolation and contamination issues.\u00a0 She started asking me to do the restorative on her cases and we would continue to swap tips and tricks over the years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the rest of my referral population\u2026change did not come overnight.\u00a0 I started slowly, calling the referral doctor to ask for permission to do the final restoration in certain cases.\u00a0 The main reasons that I asked to do the restorative were:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The patient is very anxious and we were doing treatment under oral or I.V sedation.\u00a0 These were usually a slam dunk, because the referring doctor doesn\u2019t typically want to deal with an anxious patient any more than we do. (Kids fall into this category as well).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_31362\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31362\" class=\"wp-image-31362 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-5.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-5-150x125.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 5: Build-up on tooth #19 for a 13 year-old boy. \u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_31363\" style=\"width: 765px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31363\" class=\"wp-image-31363 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-6-and-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-6-and-7.png 755w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-6-and-7-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-6-and-7-150x94.png 150w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-6-and-7-300x188@2x.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 6 and 7: 1 year recall radiograph and photograph of tooth #19 on the same patient<\/p><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The patient is leaving to go out of town or requests the final restoration.\u00a0 This happened often because I would explain the treatment and that they have to go back to their restorative dentist to fill the access cavity and they would say \u201cCan\u2019t you just do that?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_31364\" style=\"width: 796px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31364\" class=\"wp-image-31364 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-8-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-8-10.png 786w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-8-10-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-8-10-150x132.png 150w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-8-10-300x263@2x.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figures 8-10: Pre-op photo, picture taken during treatment and post-op photo of tooth #2\u00a0PFM access restoration.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For teeth that have recurrent caries, deep decay is a good reason to ask to do the restoration (once you feel comfortable doing it). The general dentist is likely not going to place a rubber dam and we know that a post and core restoration will fare better with proper isolation <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 The dentist is generally thrilled if you are willing to remove the crown and caries and then restore the tooth afterward, making their crown prep much easier.\u00a0 (In these cases we take a pre-op impression and send it to the referral in case it helps them in planning or making the temporary crown.)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_31365\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31365\" class=\"wp-image-31365 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-11-and-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-11-and-12.png 586w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-11-and-12-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-11-and-12-150x71.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figures 11 and 12: Pre-op radiograph and sagittal CBCT slice of tooth #19.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_31366\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31366\" class=\"wp-image-31366 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-13.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-13-236x167.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-13-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 13: Post-op bitewing of post and core restoration.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_31367\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31367\" class=\"wp-image-31367 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-14.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-14-236x167.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Fig-14-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 14: Bitewing radiograph after crown placement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the years, my referrals began to understand how my completing the final restoration could benefit their practice, allowing them to do high-value restorative procedures instead of spending\u00a0 time on the build-up or an access cavity restoration.\u00a0 Additionally, patients are happy to leave with something solid in their mouth that will not break down over time.\u00a0 It is a worthwhile, albeit\u00a0 often gradual, endeavor that takes vision, strategy and a commitment to excellence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">References:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schwartz, R.S. \u2219 Fransman, R.\u00a0 <\/span><b>Adhesive dentistry and endodontics: materials, clinical strategies and procedures for restoration of access cavities: a review. <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J Endod.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2005; <\/span><b>31<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:151-165<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goldfein J, Speirs C, Finkelman M. Amato R.\u00a0 <\/span><b>Rubber dam use during post placement influences the success of root canal\u2013treated teeth.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J Endod<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2013; <\/span><b>39<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 1481-1484<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cami Ferris-Wong, DDS Some endodontists say that they would like to do more restorations after their root canal treatment but they just don\u2019t think that their referrals would allow&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[367],"tags":[],"feature":[202],"class_list":["post-31355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restorative-endodontics","feature-communique"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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