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Comparative analysis of different pit and fissure sealants' marginal sealing abilities.

Keyur Joshi, Saikiran Bahadur, Pavithraa Jayakumar, M Arul Pari, Ruchi Garg, Mohamed Tharwat Salama, Swagatasree Haldar

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Keyur JoshiDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, GDCH, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
Saikiran BahadurDepartments of Prosthodontics, Springfield Dental, Springfield, Massachussets, United State of America.
Pavithraa JayakumarDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Kelambkkam, Chennai-603103, Tamilnadu, India.
M Arul PariDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Sriramchandra Dental College, Porur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Ruchi GargDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Swami Devi Dyal Hospital and Dental College, Panchkula, Haryana, India.
Mohamed Tharwat SalamaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, KSA and Pedodontics and Department of Preventive Dentistry, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, India.
Swagatasree HaldarIntern, Kalinga Institute of Dental Science, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

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Abstract

It is commonly known that pit and fissure sealants are efficient at preventing occlusal caries. Therefore, it is of interest to assess two distinct pit and fissure sealants' marginal sealing capabilities. A total of forty human premolar teeth were split into two sealant groups: fissuritfx and ultrasealXTplus sealant (group i). The samples were submerged in a 2% methylene blue solution for a full day following the application of the sealant. An optical stereomicroscope was used to examine the sectioned samples. Better performance was found with ultrasealXT plus compared to Fissurit FX.

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Dental cariespit and fissuresealantsultrasealXT plus

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