Table 2.
Comparison of caries incidence (new lesions) on pit and fissures of different treatment modalities
| Caries | Follow up periods | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base line | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | |||||||||||||
| Groups | ||||||||||||||||
| Seal it | Icon | Combination | GCP | Seal it | Icon | Combination | GCP | Seal it | Icon | Combination | GCP | Seal it | Icon | Combination | GCP | |
| Caries free=Grade 0 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 41 | 39 | 41 | 41 |
| New lesions | ||||||||||||||||
| Grade 1 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other grades | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total lesions | 22 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| P | 0.787 | - | - | 0.108 | ||||||||||||
| Caries | Follow up periods | |||||||||||||||
| 12 months | 18 months | 24 months | ||||||||||||||
| Groups | ||||||||||||||||
| Seal it | Icon | Combination | GCP | Seal it | Icon | Combination | GCP | Seal it | Icon | Combination | GCP | |||||
| Caries free=Grade 0 | 41 | 38 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 31 | 41 | 33 | 38 | 21 | 39 | 28 | ||||
| New lesions | ||||||||||||||||
| Grade 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Grade 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Other grades | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total lesions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| P | 0.305 | 0.004* | 0.000* | |||||||||||||
*Statistically significant P values. P=level of significance which was calculated by Chi-square test. GCP= GCP glass Seal