1.Of, relating to, or for the teeth:dental caps. 2.Of, relating to, or intended for dentistry:dental work; dental bills. 3.LinguisticsArticulated with the tip of the tongue near or against the upper front teeth:the English dental consonantstandd. ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook (redirected fromsealants) Dictionary Medical Encyclopedia </>embed</> caulking caulk sealing mater... sealer sealant noun Synonyms for sealant nouna kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnis...
Method and apparatus for delivery of highly filled, thixotropic sealant to teeth A method and apparatus for delivery of highly filled, thixotropic resin sealant to tooth surfaces. The apparatus includes a dispenser for holding a quantity of the sealant material and a delivery tip having adjustable ...
The strategy of sealing both high and low risk teeth (SA) further improved outcomes but at an additional cost compared to RBS. However, the cost was small, $08 for each additional cavity-free month gained per tooth. Further, minor changes in the baseline assumptions resulted in the SA ...
The aim of the present study was to evaluate fissure sealing of permanent teeth in children during a 10 year period. All completely erupted caries-free permanent first molars were sealed in 6 to 9 year-old children forming the patient population of one of the authors. 758 sealed fissures were...
Ahovuo-Saloranta A, Forss H, Walsh T, Hiiri A, Nordblad A, Mäkelä M, Worthington HV: Sealants for preventing dental decay in the permanent teeth. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013, 3: CD001830 Google Scholar Ripa LW: Sealants revisted: an update of the effectiveness of pit and...
For this group, three extra teeth were used. The adhesive bonding agent was mixed with rhodamine B dye before its application. In all groups, the bonding system and the fissure sealant were activated, as described previously. Each sample was sectioned perpendicular to the adhesive-enamel or ...
We also thank 3M ESPE (Seefeld, Germany) and First Scientific Dental for providing sealant materials at no cost. 1 Ahovuo-Saloranta A, Hiiri A, Nordblad A et al. Pit and fissure sealants for preventing dental decay in the permanent teeth of children and adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst ...
teeth with similar caries in the identical patients were used as the control.The patients were followed up for 3 years.Results:No caries was found in treated teeth but caries was observed in 32.94% of the control teeth during one year( P 0.01) .The incidence rate of secondary caries in ...
Also, it would put strain on the dental profession due to a major increase in the cost of dental services. Various preventive strategies for dental caries have been tried and are still being developed. The occlusal pits and fissures of posterior teeth are highly susceptible to caries because of...