A literature review on moisture resistant pit and fissure sealants
Abstract:Preventive approaches in dentistry have focused on the factors to prevent the initiation of caries and to arrest them in case of incipient or early caries lesion. The most common preventive approaches include inhouse and professionally applied topical fluorides and resin based pit and fissure sealants. Due to the anatomy of the tooth, the deep pits and fissures act as retentive sites to plaque, food materials, micro-organisms, eventually becoming caries susceptible as compared to smooth surfaces. Evidence has … Show more
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