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      The Use of Pit and Fissure Sealants—A Literature Review

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          This paper reviews the literature and discusses the latest updates on the use of pit and fissure sealants. It demonstrates the effectiveness of pit and fissure sealants in preventing caries and the management of early carious lesions. It compares the use of different sealant materials and their indications. It describes the application technique for sealants. It also reviews the cost-effectiveness of sealants as a preventive strategy. From this review and after the discussion of recently published studies on pit and fissure sealants, it is evident that sealants are effective in caries prevention and in preventing the progression of incipient lesions. It is therefore recommended that pit and fissure sealant be applied to high-caries-risk children for optimum cost-effectiveness. It is a highly sensitive technique that needs optimum isolation, cleaning of the tooth surface, etching, and the application of a thin bonding layer for maximum benefit. Recall and repair, when needed, are important to maximize the effectiveness of such sealant use.

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            Trends in oral health status: United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004.

            Ian Barker, M Horowitz, Sylvia Tan … (2007)
            This report presents national estimates and trends for a variety of oral health status measures for persons aged 2 years and older by sociodemographic and smoking status since the late 1980s in the United States. Data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988-1994 and from the NHANES 1999-2004 were used. These data sources were designed to provide information on the health and nutritional status of the civilian noninstitutionalized population in the United States. Information from oral health examination methods common to both survey periods were used to present prevalence estimates and for trend analyses. Statistical significance of differences between common estimates from each survey period was evaluated using two-sided t-tests. This report provides mean, percentile values, and standard errors for dental caries, dental sealants, incisal trauma, periodontal health, dental visits, perception of oral health status, tooth retention, and edentulism. Additional estimates for monitoring progress toward the Healthy People 2010 oral health objectives using NHANES source data are presented as well. For most Americans, oral health status has improved between 1988-1994 and 1999-2004. For seniors, edentulism and periodontitis has declined; for adults, improvements were seen in dental caries prevalence, tooth retention, and periodontal health; for adolescents and youths, dental sealant prevalence has increased and dental caries have decreased; however, for youths aged 2-5 years, dental caries in primary teeth has increased.
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              Pit and fissure sealants for preventing dental decay in permanent teeth.

              Anneli Ahovuo-Saloranta, Helena Forss, Tanya Walsh … (2017)
              Dental sealants were introduced in the 1960s to help prevent dental caries, mainly in the pits and fissures of occlusal tooth surfaces. Sealants act to prevent bacteria growth that can lead to dental decay. Evidence suggests that fissure sealants are effective in preventing caries in children and adolescents compared to no sealants. Effectiveness may, however, be related to caries incidence level of the population. This is an update of a review published in 2004, 2008 and 2013.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Dent J (Basel)
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Dent J (Basel)
                Journal ID (publisher-id): dentistry
                Title: Dentistry Journal
                Publisher: MDPI
                ISSN (Electronic): 2304-6767
                Publication date (Electronic): 11 December 2017
                Publication date Collection: December 2017
                Volume: 5
                Issue: 4
                Electronic Location Identifier: 34
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Pediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; dr.reem.naaman@ 123456hotmail.com or rnouman@ 123456stu.kau.edu.sa (R.N.); aalhosseiny@ 123456kau.edu.sa or ahussini@ 123456hotmail.com or azza.elhousseiny@ 123456dent.alex.edu.eg (A.A.E.-H.)
                [2 ]Pediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, 21526 Alexandria, Egypt
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                [* ]Correspondence: nalamoudi2011@ 123456gmail.com or nalamoudi@ 123456kau.edu.sa ; Tel.: +966-21-640-1000 (ext. 20388)
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                Publisher ID: dentistry-05-00034
                DOI: 10.3390/dj5040034
                PMC ID: 5806970
                PubMed ID: 29563440
                SO-VID: 35a5284b-61b8-43d0-ad0c-b439dc9fec90
                Copyright © © 2017 by the authors.
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                Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

                History
                Date received : 19 October 2017
                Date accepted : 06 December 2017
                Categories
                Subject: Review

                Keywords: pit and fissure sealants,caries prevention,resin-based sealants
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                Keywords: pit and fissure sealants, caries prevention, resin-based sealants

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