ReviewHeliyon2020
Retention of pit and fissure sealants versus flowable composites in permanent teeth: A systematic review.
Review in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05606874 (Retention Rate and Caries Preventive Effect of Preheated Flowable Resin Composite Used as a Pit and Fissure Sealant Versus Conventional Resin-based Fissure Sealant in Patients With Permanent Molars With Deep Pit and Fissure Over One Year Follow up. A Randomized Clinical Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Retention Rate and Caries Preventive Effect of Preheated Flowable Resin Composite Used as a Pit and Fissure Sealant Versus Conventional Resin-based Fissure Sealant in Patients With Permanent Molars With Deep Pit and Fissure Over One Year Follow up. A Randomized Clinical Trial
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical performance of BioCoat™ and Fissurit FX: a randomized 18-month split-mouth study.Odontology · 2026Trial
- 24-month efficacy of bioactive versus fluoride sealant for non-cavitated occlusal caries in adults: a randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Comparison of retention rates of silver nanoparticles-based fissure sealant and conventional resin-based sealant: a one-year randomized clinical trial.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025Trial
- Comparison of Retention Rates of Pit and Fissure Sealants Using Flowable Composite and Moisture-tolerant Resin-based Sealant: AnInternational journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Physical-Mechanical Properties and Mineral Deposition of a Pit-and-Fissure Sealant Containing Niobium-Fluoride Nanoparticles-An In Vitro Study.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo summarize the available clinical evidence on the relative effectiveness of retention of resin-based pit and fissure sealants (PFS) with that of flowable composites on occlusal surfaces of permanent teeth when evaluated in clinical trials. SOURCES: Electronic searches were performed in PubMed and Cochrane Library for the identification of relevant studies, from their inception until February 2020 and an additional search was done with the reference lists of included articles. STUDY SELECTION: The review protocol followed the PRISMA guidelines and was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42018112805). The risk of bias of the studies was independently appraised using the revised Cochrane Risk of Bias tool (RoB 2.0). DATA: Ten articles were considered relevant for qualitative synthesis. The data extracted from two of the included articles showed statistically significant difference between the two materials based on their retention potential, of which one article favored superior retention of flowable composites and one article favored higher retention of PFS and the other eight studies showed no significant difference between the two materials.
conclusionThe current review has shown evidence suggesting the effective retention of resin-based pit-and-fissure sealants and flowable composites when applied to prevent occlusal caries in permanent molars, however, this evidence is of low quality. Carefully designed long-term clinical trials are required to support the results of this review. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This is an important topic that would be of significant interest in the field of preventive dentistry, where sealants are the primary recommended method to prevent caries. The clinical efficacy of sealants is directly linked to their potential to retain and this systematic review focuses on comparing the relative effectiveness of resin-based pit-and-fissure-sealants with flowable composites in permanent teeth.
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