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Fluorinated Montmorillonite Composite Resin as a Dental Pit and Fissure Sealant [PDF]
Polymers, 2019 Molar pits and fissures tend to be affected by caries due to cleaning difficulties. As such, the filling of pits and cracks with sealants is common to deter the onset of caries. However, current clinical practices rely on sealants that lack the ability to release and recharge fluoride ions.
Yin-Lin Wang +2 more
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The Effect of Hydroxyapatite on the Remineralization of Dental Fissure Sealant
Key Engineering Materials, 2005 The purpose of this study is to investigate the remineralization of enamel in the human tooth by fissure sealant containing various amount of hydroxyapatite. Prior to remineralization experiments, the necessary requirements of the dental fissure sealant, the curing depth and the curing time, were measured with the content of the hydroxyapatite ...
Kyoung Nam Kim, Yeon Ung Kim, B J Choi
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Automatic recognition of oral health status in mixed dentition via intraoral photography [PDF]
BMC Oral HealthBackground Children in the mixed dentition stage are susceptible to dental caries, necessitating frequent examination and preventive measures. In this study, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) were used to develop a model for detecting oral health ...
Zhuoying Liu +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 The occlusal surfaces of natural teeth have complex features of functional pits and fissures. These morphological features directly affect the occlusal state of the upper and lower teeth.
Zhaodan Gu, Zhilei Wu, Ning Dai
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Dental Research Journal, 2021 Tricho-dento-osseous syndrome (TDO) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder with complete penetrance. Common clinical features include abnormalities of hair, teeth, and skull.
Mojtaba Fazel +2 more
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Darmabakti Cendekia, 2021 Background: Dental and oral diseases are progressive and accumulative diseases that can affect all age groups. Dental caries is the most common dental disease in Indonesia. One of the preventive measures is to apply pit and fissure sealants to teeth with
Ira Liasari +5 more
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The effectiveness of completely and incompletely sealed first permanent molars on caries prevention
Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 2020 Fissure sealants are effective caries preventive measure. However, a dilemma has been expressed more than once, whether incompletely sealed fissures provides sufficient protection against caries.
Lenka Likar Ostrc +2 more
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Pit and fissure sealants in pediatric dentistry
SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences, 2014 Caries on the occlusal surface of dentition is a significant dental health problem. Molars and premolars are the most vulnerable teeth to caries attack. The high susceptibility of these teeth to caries is directly related to morphology of their occlusal ...
George Babu +3 more
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Occlusal Fissures in Equine Cheek Teeth: A Prospective Longitudinal in vivo Study
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Background: It has been suggested that fissures of the occlusal surface of equine cheek teeth may develop into crown fractures.Objectives: To examine the evolution of fissures present on the occlusal surface of cheek teeth.
Elke Pollaris +2 more
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A concise review of dental sealants in caries management
Frontiers in Oral Health, 2023 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.
Toby Cheuk-Hang Ng +2 more
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