Table 1: Commonly used/investigated prefabricated fiber-reinforced posts.

Post Composition Shape Manufacturer
Matrix Fiber
DT Light Post Illusion Epoxy 40% Quartz 60% Double Tapered RTD, Grenoble, France
DT Light Post Epoxy 40% Quartz 60% Double Tapered RTD, Grenoble, France
DT Light-Post Illusion X-Ro Epoxy 40% Quartz 60% Double Tapered Bisco, USA
Aestheti Plus Epoxy 40% Quartz 60% Two-stage Taper RTD, Grenoble, France
Macrolock Illusion Post Epoxy40% Quartz 60% wt. Tapered, Circumferential head grooves, spiral head serration RTD, Grenoble, France
Ellipson Post Epoxy resin 36% Quartz fiber 80% wt. Tapered, Oval fiber post RTD, Grenoble, France
Fibercone
‘The Accessory Post’
Epoxy resin Quartz stretched fiber Tapered shaft portion RTD, Grenoble, France
Endo-Light Post Epoxy40% Quartz 60% vol. Tapered RTD, Grenoble, France
DT Illusion Xro Sl Epoxy 40% Quartz fiber 60% vol. Double Tapered VDW, Munich, Germany
DT Light Epoxy 40% Pre-conditioned Quartz fiber 60% wt. Double Tapered VDW, Munich, Germany
DT Light Safety Lock Epoxy 40%
(silica and silane coated)
Quartz 60%wt, Double Tapered VDW, Munich, Germany
Relyx Fiber Post Epoxy 30-40%
Zirconia filler.
Glass 60-70% Double Tapered 3M ESPE, St.Paul, MN, USA
Dentin Post X Epoxy 40% Glass 60% Tapered with aretentive head, Coating layers of silicate, silane and polymer Komet, Lemgo, Germany
Glass Fiber Reforpost Epoxy 19% Glass 80%
Stainless steel lament 1%
Parallel and Serrated Angelus, Londrina, PR, Brazil
Exacto Translucent Fiber Post Epoxy 20% Glass 80% Double Tapered Angelus, Londrina, PR, Brazil
Reforpin
‘The Accessory Post’
Epoxy 20% Glass 80% Tapered Angelus, Londrina, PR, Brazil
Glassix Fiber
Post
Epoxy 40% Glass 60% Parallel Nordin, Montreux
Switzerland
Glassix Plus
Radiopaque & Light Transmitting Fiber Post
Epoxy (ethoxyline) 25-35% Glass 65-75% Parallel Nordin, Montreux
Switzerland
Matchpost Epoxy 40% Glass 60% Tapered apical section RTD, Grenoble, France
Parapost Fiber White Epoxy 29% Glass 42%, Filler 29% Parallel Coltene/Whaledent Inc, USA
Parapost Fiber Lux Epoxy 40% Glass 60% Parallel Coltene/Whaledent Inc, USA
Parapost Taper Lux Epoxy 40% Glass 60% Tapered Coltene/Whaledent Inc, USA
Dentolic Glass Fiber Post Epoxy 20% wt. Glass 80% wt. Double Tapered Itena-Clinical, France
Ilumi Fiber Optic Post, Epoxy 30% wt. Reinforced optical glass fiber 70%, Tapered iLumi Sciences Inc, USA
Radix Fiber Post Epoxy 40% Zirconium enriched glass 60% Double Tapered Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland
Snowpost Epoxy 40% Glass (with 18% zirconia) 60% Taper in the apical third Carbotech, Ganges, France
Snowlight Vinyl-polyestermethacrylate 35% Glass (with 18% zirconia) 65% Taper in the apical third Carbotech, Ganges, France
Carbon Fiber Reforpost Epoxy 21% Carbon 79% Parallel and Serrated Angelus, Londrina, PR, Brazil
Composipost Epoxy 36% Carbon 64%vol. Two-stage parallel RTD, Grenoble, France
Carbonite Epoxy 35% Carbon 65%,(Carbon fiber braided plait) Parallel Nordin, Montreux
Switzerland
C-Post Epoxy 36% Carbon 64%, Pyrolitic carbon fiber Tapered Bisco, USA
Carbopost Epoxy 40% Carbon 60% Parallel Carbotech, Ganges, France
Luxapost Fiber Post Bis-GMA based resin Glass fiber Tapered DMG, Hamburg, Germany
Fibrekor Fiber Post Bis-GMA, HDDMA, UDMA, DEAMA 29% wt. Barium sulfate, barium silicate fillers. Glass 71%wt., Parallel and serrated Pentron, Wallingford, CT, USA
Fibrekleer Serrated Post BisGMA, UDMA, HDDMA 16-19% Glass 81-84%wt. Three types: parallel, tapered, and serrated Jeneric/Pentron, Wallingford, CT, USA
Rebilda Post Dimethacrylate 20% (UDMA) Glass 70%, Filler 10% Apical 8mm is taper, Coronal 10mm is parallel Voco, Cuxhaven, Germany
FRC Postec Plus Dimethacrylate 21% (UDMA, TEGDMA). Ytterbium trifluoride 9%, highly dispersedsilicon dioxide) Glass 70%, Tapered Ivoclar-Vivadent, Schaan, Liechenstein
GC Fiber Post Methacrylate 42% Glass 58% Double Tapered Tokyo, Japan
Everstick Fiber Post Semi IPN PMMA and Bis-GMA Glass 61.5% wt. Unidirectional fiber bundle GC, USA

Bis-GMA: Bisphenol A-glycidyl methacrylate; TEGDMA: Triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, UDMA: Urethane dimethacrylate. IPN: Interpenetrating polymer matrix, PMMA: Polymethylmethacrylate, DEAMA: diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, HDDMA: Hexanediol dimethacrylate. Some manufacturers do not specify whether the matrix to fiber ratio was in weight (wt) or volume (vol.).Information obtained from technical data provided by the respective manufacturers.