Pit-and-fissure caries lesions contribute greatly to the caries incidence in permanent molar teeth in children. To date, the diagnosis of occlusal caries is still performed mainly by visual inspection, periodically aided by bite-wing radiography. However, in detecting small occlusal carious lesions, these methods perform inadequately, especially in low caries prevalence populations or individua...

BACKGROUND Air-abrasion can be used for enamel preparation before fissure sealing as well as acid etching which is the evidence-based method for enamel preparation before sealing. AIM The aim of this study is to evaluate the status of sealed occlusal surfaces of the first permanent molars after one, two, and five years and to compare consequence of using the two different methods for enamel p...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the detection of enamel-dentin occlusal caries using photostimulable phosphor plates. MATERIAL AND METHODS The ability to detect enamel-dentin occlusal caries in 607 premolars and molars from 47 patients between 10 and 18 years old, referred to the School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, was evaluated based on clinical a...

This systematic review was conducted to assess the accuracy of laser fluorescence (DIAGNOdentTM) for diagnosis of occlusal caries in permanent teeth, using any sort of gold standard. The MEDLINE, LILACS, BBO and Cochrane library databases accessed by BIREME were searched for English, Spanish and Portuguese-language papers published between 1982 and 2003. Four works in English were selected. DIA...

Diabetes and salivary gland dysfunction are major factors that induce dental caries in experimental animals, but there are no reports analyzing the association of dental caries and salivary glands in an animal model of diabetes mellitus (DM). To clarify the initial development of dental caries and preceding salivary gland disorder, we performed a histopathological analysis on teeth and salivary...

becoming available, as well as results from long-term clinical trials, a great deal of evidence has accumulated to support the clinical efficacy of pit and fissure sealants. Since smooth surfaces benefit most, and occlusal surfaces the least from the use of fluorides, an alternative technique which prevents occlusal caries can make a major impact on overall caries reduction when used in conjunc...

Early detection of occlusal caries in children is challenging for the dentists, because of the morphology of pit and fissures. The aim of this study was to compare in vitro the diagnostic performance of low-powered magnification with light-emitting diode headlight (LPMLED) using ICDAS-II criteria and AC Impedance Spectroscopy (ACIS) device, on occlusal surfaces of primary molars. The occlusal s...

BACKGROUND Fluoride released from glass ionomer cements (GICs) is capable of preventing caries lesions. However, the preventive effect in margins of occlusal and occlusoproximal restorations have not been proved. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of GIC to prevent caries lesions in margins of occlusal and occlusoproximal restorations in primary teeth compared with that of other ...

The association of Streptococcus mutans with human dental decay was investigated by using several types of samples: (i) paraffin-stimulated saliva samples taken from children with from 0 to 15 decayed teeth; (ii) pooled occlusal and approximal plaque taken from children with no decayed or filled teeth, or from children with rampant caries of 10 or more teeth; (iii) plaque removed from single oc...

Arresting occlusal enamel caries lesions with pit and fissure sealants The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of pit and fissure sealants and the effectiveness of the two sealant methods applied in every-day practice in public dental health care in Finland. Two sealant methods were evaluated according to their effectiveness in preventing dentin caries at occlusal surfaces and sea...