“…In the present study, extreme care was taken in the selection of the tooth dimensions, their distribution within the experimental groups, and their standardized preparation, thus minimizing the effect of human tooth variation, as was recently discussed by Tanalp and others. 34 Artificial crowns could alter the distribution and transmission of stresses into a post-root complex, 35 masking the reinforcing effect of tested approaches. Therefore, in this study as well as in other studies, 25,29 no crown restorations were made for teeth to allow evaluation of these approaches.…”