Estrogenicity of Resin-based Composites and Sealants in Dentistry The recent article "Estrogenicity of Resinbased Composites and Sealants Used in Dentistry," appearing in the March 1996 Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP 104:298-305) raises some familiar concerns that critics of the profession have espoused. Historically, many of the materials that have been common in the dental armamentari...

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): cariostatic agents, community dentistry, community health planning, community health services, decision making, dental caries, evidencebased medicine, facial injuries, intervention studies, mouth protectors, oral health, pharyngeal neoplasms, pit and fissure sealants, practice guidelines, preventive dentistry, preventive health services, public health dentistry,...

BACKGROUND Recently, there has been increased interest in the in vivo release of dental sealant components, such as bisphenol A (BPA), which has the potential to bind the estrogen receptors of relevant cells at subtoxic concentrations in vitro, impairing the development, health and reproductive systems of wildlife. The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate whether the placement o...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of topical fluoride on retention of light-cured (CLC) and self-cured (CSC) pit and fissure sealants. METHODS CLC and CSC sealants were placed in vivo on opposite sides of the arch before and after fluoride treatment. A total of 122 sealants were placed on virgin permanent molars and premolars of 16 dental hygiene students e...

Introduction Children experiencing a caries-related dental general anaesthetic (GA) are at high risk of developing new caries. It is thus important to maximise opportunities for prevention. Aim To undertake pilot randomised controlled clinical trial (RCT) assess the feasibility delivering and evaluating effectiveness sealing sound permanent molars pre-GA assessment appointment in children needi...

Dear Dr. Alvares: Many low-income families face the problem of not being able to support the medical and dental needs of their children. Resources such as health fairs and school visits are often the only means by which parents are able to provide medical and dental care for their kids. The UCLA School of Dentistry joined forces with a UCLA undergraduate club, the Predental Student Outreach Pro...

objective: probable effect of fluoride containing materials like apf on sealants is very important. the purpose of this study is to assess the effect of frequent application of apf (1.23%) on the surface microhardness of two fissure sealants and one flowable composite.   methods: in this experimental study, 81 specimens of two fissure sealants and one flowable composite were prepared, using spe...

AIM This study aims to estimate the cost-effectiveness from a societal perspective of seven dental caries prevention programmes among schoolchildren in Chile: three community-based programmes: water-fluoridation, salt-fluoridation and dental sealants; and four school-based programmes: milk-fluoridation; fluoridated mouthrinses (FMR); APF-Gel, and supervised toothbrushing with fluoride toothpast...

This paper proposes a shift of emphasis in the dental curriculum from measures to protect and improve the oral health of individuals to measures to protect and improve the oral health of the community or society. This shift represents a fundamental change in educational philosophy of the dental school. To illustrate this shift in emphasis, this paper describes a demonstration project to test th...

OBJECTIVES This study undertook a retrospective evaluation of the effect of sealants on the caries experience of initially sound and incipient permanent first molar pit and fissure surfaces. METHODS Records of children with complete five-year records were obtained from a school-based dental sealant program in a fluoridated community. Sealants were placed on 677 tooth surfaces in 96 children; ...