Adhesive techniques are now used for many dental restorative materials, including amalgam. Several generations of dentine bonding agents have been developed, mainly for bonding composite resins. When bonding is used with amalgam restorations, the need for retention and resistance form is reduced, the seal is improved, and some procedures, such as amalgam sealants, which were not previously poss...

Pit and fissure sealants are safe effective preventive measures for reducing the risk of tooth decay in pediatric patients. The procedure applying is a relatively quick non-invasive process that typically involves preparation, isolation, etchant application. They used on occlusal surfaces molars premolars, which have deep grooves fissures difficult to clean. Sealants mostly applied permanent ch...

PURPOSE Since properly placed and retained sealants can reduce the incidence of caries lesions and save subsequent restorative costs, the purpose of this study was to compare the subsequent restorative cost in a group of predominantly African American Medicaid children who received prior sealants to that of a group of children who did not receive sealants. METHODS Dental claims of 2 cohorts o...

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

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to identify barriers frequently endorsed by dentists in a large, multi-site dental practice to implementing the American Dental Association's recommendation for sealing noncavitated occlusal carious lesions as established in their 2016 pit-and-fissure sealant clinical practice guideline. Although previous research has identified barriers to using sealant...

Comparison of two surface sealants on roughness and color stability a commercially available denture base material. Metallic discs were invested in flask using dental stone to prepare mold space. The polymer monomer mixed ratio 3:1 by volume processed form disc disc-shaped specimen. All the samples finished, polished checked for roughness. Sealants applied material cured light-curing unit. 120 ...

BACKGROUND The use of sealants as an effective measure for the prevention of pit and fissure caries in children has been well documented by several studies; either they are used on an individual or on a public health basis. In order to plan and establish a national preventive program with sealants in a community, it is mandatory to know the epidemiological pattern of caries along with other var...

A situation analysis among which a cross-sectional survey of dental practitioners working in primary healthcare centers found that while 127 (94.8%) out 134 respondents consider fissure sealants effective yet, most them have misconceptions regarding teeth to carious and seal as only 15 (11.2%) recognized initial non-cavitated lesions are the same around half sealed either. Fissure provided for ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Fluoride is being used for the prevention of dental caries since a long time. Incorporation of fluoride in pit and fissure sealants has been found to reduce initiation and progression of pit and fissure caries. Authors conducted this study to evaluate and compare the effect of fluoride releasing pit and fissure sealants on the inhibition of demineralization of adjacent...