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A Review of Dental Literature on Pits and Fissures

Journal of Dental Research, 1930
It is interesting to turn back the pages of dental history, and to become acquainted with the views of early writers, on the subject of enamel defects and their relation to caries. While this review is not a complete study of all dental literature, the few quotations given will no doubt be of interest to many. We shall find that the filling of pits and
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The selection and properties of materials for dental practice. 2. Dental cements and fissure sealants

British Dental Journal, 1973
The selection and properties of materials for dental practice. 2.
E C, Combe, A A, Grant
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Dental Pit and Fissure Sealants: Implications for School Health Personnel

Journal of School Health, 1989
ABSTRACT: While tooth decay among schoolchildren has declined in recent years, 95% of all schoolchildren still experience tooth decay. School‐based fluoride rinse programs have made a significant contribution to the decrease in tooth decay. Pit and fissure sealants, one other preventive dentistry measure, also fight tooth decay.
K R, McCormack-Brown, B J, Clark, R J, McDermott   +2 more
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Progress Report on the Effect of a Fissure Sealant on Bacteria in Dental Caries

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1973
Teeth in which caries had penetrated the pits and fissures were sealed with an ultraviolet-light-polymerized adhesive. Samples of carious dentin from both experimental and contralateral control teeth were taken one, two, four, and six months after the sealant had been placed.
S L, Handleman, M G, Buonocore, P C, Schoute   +2 more
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Prevalence and attitudes to fissure sealants in the general dental service in England

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 1999
Objectives. The study objectives were to investigate changes in the prevalence of fissure sealants over a 5‐year period among a comparable group of 14–15‐year‐old regular dental attenders registered with general dental practitioners in 1989 and 1994, and to investigate attitudes towards this form of care amongst general dental practitioners in 1994 ...
D C, Hassall, A C, Mellor, A S, Blinkhorn   +2 more
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The success of fissure sealants placed by dentists and dental care professionals.

Community dental health, 2011
To obtain preliminary data on the effectiveness of fissure sealants placed by dentists and dental care professionals (DCPs).Case-note review of fissure sealants provided for paediatric patients within primary dental services in South Yorkshire.Records were retrieved for 1,100 fissure sealants, placed on first and second permanent molars of 312 children
Nilchian, F, Rodd, HD, Robinson, PG
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Management of early dental caries in fissures with fissure sealant

British Dental Journal, 1985
R C, Paterson, A, Watts
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The incidence of fissured tongue among 4,009 Iranian dental outpatients

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, 1973
Abstract The incidence of fissured tongue was determined among 4,009 Iranian dental outpatients; 2.56 per cent of these patients were affected by fissured tongue. The incidence of this condition was found to be higher with increasing age and more common among males than females.
V, Aboyans, A, Ghaemmaghami
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Dental caries in susceptible fissures after prolonged fluoride application

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1979
Abstract A prolonged fluoride application (PFA) method was used to treat susceptible fissures in 210 permanent first molar teeth in 79 children living in a fluoridated community. The development of caries in these fissures was followed for periods ranging from 2 to 4 years.
G G, Craig, K R, Powell
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Penetration and microleakage of dental sealants in artificial fissures.

Journal of dentistry for children (Chicago, Ill.), 2004
This study investigated sealant penetration and dye microleakage of a resin composite system, a compomer system, and a resin-modified glass-ionomer cement in artificially grooved fissures in human molars. Ionosit Seal penetrated 99% of the artificial crevices, whereas Dyract Seal penetrated 97%.
Dominique, Droz, Marie-Josee, Schiele, Marc M, Panighi   +2 more
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