Reconsideration of Invasive Technique for Occlusal Fissure Before Fissure Sealant

Pit and Fissure Sealant Versus Fluoride Varnish In Prevention of Occlusal Caries

Introduction: It was to compare the efficacy of semiannually fluoride varnish application versus pit and fissure sealant to reduce occlusal caries incidence. Materials and methods: A randomized parallel designed study was conducted with 352 child-ren aged 6-7 years. Participants were allocated into biannual application of varnish (n=179) (NaF 5 %( Durafluor, DENTSPLY®, Latin America) or re...

Setting characteristics of fissure sealant.

Koichi FUJII*, Junichi OKU*, Hiroyuki ARIKAWA*, Hiroto YAMAUCHI**, Hideo OHNO****, Tadashi OGURA*** and Katsuichiro INOUE* * Department of Dental Materials Science, ** First Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, *** Department of Pediatric Dentistry , Kagoshima University Dental School, 1208-1 Usuki, Kagoshima 890, Japan **** Department of Pediatric Dentistry , Nagasaki University School of Denti...

Compomer pit and fissure sealant for the Total-SealTM technique

Comparison of six different methods of cleaning and preparing occlusal fissure surface before placement of pit and fissure sealant: an in vitro study.

AIM & OBJECTIVES The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate and compare the microleakage of pit and fissure sealants after using six different preparation techniques: (a) brush, (b) pumice slurry application, (c) bur, (d) air polishing, (e) air abrasion, and (f) longer etching time. MATERIAL & METHOD The study was conducted on 60 caries-free first premolars extracted for orthodontic p...

pit and fissure sealant versus fluoride varnish in prevention of occlusal caries

introduction: it was to compare the efficacy of semiannually fluoride varnish application versus pit and fissure sealant to reduce occlusal caries incidence. materials and methods: a randomized parallel designed study was conducted with 352 child-ren aged 6-7 years. participants were allocated into biannual application of varnish (n=179) (naf 5 %( durafluor, dentsply®, latin america) or resin-b...