Between January and April 2018 our most popular blogs considered restorations in primary teeth,digital impressions, root canal irrigants and fissure sealants.
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Fissure sealants: are those with fluoride more effective in preventing caries?
This well conducted multi-centered randomised controlled trial compares fluoride-containing resin-based sealants with non-fluoride sealants
[read the full story...]Fissure sealing using flowable composite
This review of fissure sealing using flowable composite included 11 studies and suggests retention rates at 1 year may be slightly better than resin-based sealants. However, the findings should be interpreted cautious as the confidence intervals are wide and quality of the studies is limited.
[read the full story...]Fissure sealants: performance not affected by tooth characteristics
16 studies affect of were included in this review of tooth characteristics on sealant performance. With the exception of lower sealant failure rate on premolars sealants were not affected negatively by mouth side, jaw, or tooth type.
[read the full story...]Fissure sealants effective in preventing caries in children and adolescents
38 trials were included in this updated Cochrane review of the effect of fissure sealants on occlusal caries. The data show a reduction in caries of between 11-51% at 24months compared to no sealant. The benefit was also maintained at longer-term follow up.
[read the full story...]Occlusal caries prevention: Seal or varnish?
This large, well-conducted study in a primary care setting found a small, but not statistically significant difference, between fissure sealants and fluoride varnish for the prevention of caries in first permanent molars at 36 months.
[read the full story...]Molar-incisor hypomineralisation
This review of molar-incisor hypomineralisation management only included 14 limited quality and mainly observations studies.For molars composites, preformed metal crowns or indirect restorations seem suitable but more high quality studies are needed.
[read the full story...]Sealants or fluoride varnish for caries prevention?
This Cochrane review update included 8 trials involving 1746 participants. Some low-quality evidence suggesting the superiority of resin-based fissure sealants over fluoride varnish applications was identified
[read the full story...]Fissure sealants – are self-etch sealants more effective?
This review looked at whether self-etch adhesive sealants were as effective as traditional acid etching. 5 split-mouth studies were included and they found significantly lower failure rates in the acid etch group. Odds ratio 4.46 (95% CI 1.31, 15.20).
[read the full story...]Sealants reduced caries in high-risk primary molars
This split-mouth trial conducted in 4-5 year old children found that sealants were superior to fluoride varnish applications in preventing the development and progression of caries in occlusal surfaces of primary molars over 1 year.
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