ReviewFrontiers in oral health2023
A concise review of dental sealants in caries management.
Review in Frontiers in oral health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07131358 (Comparison of Efficacy of Three Preventive Methods to Reduce the Incidence of Coronal Caries in Mexican Schoolchildren), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Comparison of Efficacy of Three Preventive Methods to Reduce the Incidence of Coronal Caries in Mexican Schoolchildren: a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Activity and levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-8 in saliva of children and young adults with dental caries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- 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
- Knowledge and practice of pit and fissure sealants: A comparative study of both students and teachers in two schools.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Review
- Comparative evaluation of fluoride varnish, pit and fissure sealants in preventing dental caries among children.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Comparison of Nano-silver Fluoride and Silver Diamine Fluoride as Pretreatment Agents for Pit-and-fissure Sealants in Primary Teeth.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2026Article
- Review
- Article
- Comparative study on the microleakage performance of different pit and fissure sealants.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Factors Affecting Fluoride Release from Dental Sealants: A Systematic Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Comparative Efficacy of Dental Sealants, Silver Diamine Fluoride, and Nanosilver Fluoride in Pediatric Caries Prevention.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- A Review of Early Childhood Caries: Risk Factors, Management, and Policy Recommendations.Cureus · 2025Review
- A Narrative Review on Advancing Pediatric Oral Health: Comprehensive Strategies for the Prevention and Management of Dental Challenges in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Micro-CT Assessment of Heat and Vibration Effect on Sealant Penetration in Different Fissure Types.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2025Article
- Cariostatic Agents: From Silver Diamine Fluoride to Emerging Bioactive Compounds.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2025Review
- Updates on the clinical application of glass ionomer cement in restorative and preventive dentistry.Journal of dental sciences · 2024Review
- Physical-Mechanical Properties and Mineral Deposition of a Pit-and-Fissure Sealant Containing Niobium-Fluoride Nanoparticles-An In Vitro Study.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Second molar sealants among US adolescents and their association with select sociodemographic factors and first molar sealants: A cross-sectional study using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2024Article
- Updates on Caries Risk Assessment-A Literature Review.Dentistry journal · 2024Review
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Abstract
This concise review provides an update of the use of dental sealants. Dental sealants protect a tooth from caries development by providing a physical barrier to microorganism colonisation and creating a favorable environment for patients to clean. Some sealants release fluoride ions to promote remineralization. Dental sealants can be applied on pits and fissures of primary and permanent teeth to prevent and arrest early enamel caries. They are effective in caries prevention. The preventive fraction of resin sealant is up to 61% after 5 years. Dental sealants can be classified as resin, glass ionomer and hybrid (compomer or giomer) according to the material. Recent studies from 2012 to 2022 showed resin sealant has a high retention rate of up to 80% after 2 years, whereas glass ionomer sealants is 44%. Chemical etching with 37% phosphoric acid is the standard of care, whereas laser or air-abrasion cannot does not increase the sealant retention rate. Moist control is critical and studies found the use of rubber dam and cotton rolls had similar success for sealant retention. The longevity of dental sealant is also associated with clinical operative factors, including approaches of moisture control, enamel pretreatment, selection of dental adhesive, and time of acid etching.
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