Dental sealant longevity in a cohort of young U.S. naval personnel

Clinical comparison of Fuji VII and a resin sealant in children at high and low risk of caries

“…In the present study, for molars sealed with Concise, the rates of development of caries were 2.1% and 18.9% in LR and HR subjects after 2 years respectively and there was significant difference. This result was in agreement with the failure rates of 8.1% and 17.8% found in the study of Simecek et al 34) . The likelihood of caries development was thus high in HR subjects compared with LR subjects when tooth sealed with Concise.…”

“…Recently published systematic reviews recommend fissure sealing in children at high risk of caries 39) , and sealants have been shown to be more cost effective if used in patients with a high rather than low caries risk 18,19) . These results indicate a need for comprehensive health promotion work to reduce overall caries activity in HR adolescents, including shorter recall intervals, professional tooth cleaning, changing children's carbohydrate intake and oral hygiene habits, resealing in cases of sealant loss and combined use of topical fluoride 20,34) For molars sealed with Fuji VII, the rates of development of caries LR and HR subjects were 6.3% and 11.1% respectively and there was no significant difference. Fluoride released from Fuji VII had specific caries-preventive effect and restrained caries from occurring, and this mechanism of Fuji VII reflected in both HR and LR group.…”

Dental hygiene work in a clinical trial

“…Presence of sealant until failure was of 44 months in average exceeding the findings by Simeck et al. (11) of 26 months in a 4‐year follow‐up study. This same author noticed that sealant failures were much higher among subjects with high risk for caries.…”

Long-term performance of resin based fissure sealants placed in a general dental practice

“…2,9,16,17 In general, to predict the caries risk of an individual patient before sealant placement is difficult. 6 A frequently used criterion for the screening of young individuals for caries increment is past caries, preferably in the primary dentition.…”