PURPOSE The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate microleakage of pit and fissure sealants after using three different pit and fissure preparation techniques: (1) traditional pumice prophylaxis and acid etching, (2) fissure enameloplasty and acid etching and (3) air abrasion and acid etching. METHODS Sixty extracted third molars with no clinical evidence of caries were randomly divid...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of material characteristics, preparation techniques, and fissure morphology on the microleakage and penetrability of pit and fissure sealants. METHODS Sealants used in the study included: (1) Aegis; (2) Conseal f; (3) Admira Seal; (4) Triage; and (5) Delton Opaque. A total of 100 extracted permanent molars were randomly assigned to ...

BACKGROUND Marginal seal has a principal role in durability and clinical success of fissure sealants. The aim of this study was to compare the microleakage of two materials used as pit and fissure sealant with different methods of application. METHODS The 55 extracted premolars were assigned randomly to one of the following five groups: Group 1: Acid-etching (ultra-etch) + fissure sealant (co...

INTRODUCTION Optimal pit and fissure sealing is determined by surface preparation techniques and choice of materials. The performance of pit and fissure sealant materials has been intensively investigated, yet no single product is reported as an ideal sealant. In children, moisture control during cavity preparation is always a big challenge, and hence, hydrophilic sealants have been developed. ...

UNLABELLED ATM: Oral health is important for everyone, but specially for children and people requiring special care owing to impaired manual ability. Primary prevention, with correct oral hygiene, proper diet, use of fluoride and pit and fissure sealants, can reduce caries risk thereby improving patients' quality of life. The first aim of this paper was to assess the marginal microleakage of di...

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...

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...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the retention of different pit and fissure sealants on the first permanent molars over a period of one year . MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, a total of 40 children with all first permanent molars erupted received four different pit and fissure sealants. The children were evaluated at 6 and 12 months. RESULTS The data was subjected to Chi...