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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Comparison of Retention between Conventional and Nanofilled Resin Sealants in a Paediatric Population: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Vinayak Kamath, Mamata Hebbal, Anil Ankola, Roopali Sankeshwari, Sagar Jalihal, Abhra Choudhury, Mai Soliman, Elzahraa Eldwakhly

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Vinayak KamathDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim 403202, India.
Mamata HebbalDepartment of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Anil AnkolaDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belagavi 590010, India.
Roopali SankeshwariDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belagavi 590010, India.
Sagar JalihalDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belagavi 590010, India.
Abhra ChoudhuryDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belagavi 590010, India.
Mai SolimanDepartment of Clinical Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Elzahraa EldwakhlyDepartment of Clinical Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3592-4177

Funding

Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University PNURSP2022R98
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: This study compared conventional-resin-sealant versus nanofilled-sealant retention at different intervals. Methods: A double-blinded split-mouth randomized control trial was performed on sixty-two children aged from six to nine years. Participants with one pair of contralateral permanent first molars with deep fissures or noncavitated carious lesions were randomly selected for sealant application. Conventional resin sealant was applied on one molar and nanofilled sealant on the contralateral molar. Evaluations were performed at one, three, six, twelve and eighteen months to check for retention. The chi-squared test, McNemar test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Friedman test were used for statistical analysis. Results: Conventional resin sealant showed complete retention in 91.4%, 86.2%, 74.1%, 62.1% and 55.2% of the teeth, and nanofilled sealant showed complete retention in 89.7%, 81%, 77.6%, 69% and 67.2% of the teeth, at the end of 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months and 18 months evaluation, respectively. Each sealant exhibited a statistically significant change (p < 0.05) in the retention rate during the evaluation period. However, when both the sealants were compared with each other, there was no statistically significant difference in any phase. At the end of 18 months, caries development was observed in 13.8% of the teeth sealed with conventional sealant, and in 10.3% of the teeth sealed with nanofilled sealant. Conclusion: At eighteen months, the nanofilled resin sealant exhibited complete retention in 12% more teeth than the conventional sealant. However, the difference was not statistically significant. The nanofilled resin sealant yielded an acceptable performance in sealing the occlusal pits and fissures of mandibular permanent first molars, compared to conventional pit-and-fissure sealants.

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nanofilled resinpreventionprimary school childrensealant retention

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PMID35743349
PMCPMC9224720

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