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. 2013 Apr 5;30(3):150–156. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1016/S0212-6567(02)78995-6

Efectividad de los selladores de fisuras en una población infantil con alto riesgo de presentar caries

Effectiveness of fissure sealants in child population at high risk of caries

MA Tapias Ledesma a,*, R Jiménez-García b, F Lamas c, A Gil de Miguel d
PMCID: PMC7669059  PMID: 12139851

Abstract

Objectives

To asses the effectiveness of fissure sealants in a high risk infant population and to evaluate the criteria to determine when to apply them.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Primary care.

Participants

607 scholars that are included at the age of 6 years and followed for 4,5 years. Intervention

We have defined three groups. Groups I and II were included in a dental preventive program with and without fissure sealants in the first permanent molars, respectively, and group III received no preventive measures at all.

Main measurements

The dental explorations according to WHO recommendations were conducted before entering the study, at the age of six years, after the fissure sealant were applied, at the age of eight years and finally 4.5 years after the beginning.

Results

After 4.5 years group I had a CAOD index of 0.59, group II 0.79 and group III 1.52 (P<.001). Group III has 2.57 times greater risk the group I of suffering caries in the permanent teeth.

Conclusions

The application of occlusive fissure sealant in the first permanent molar of an infant high risk population has a protective effect on dental caries. Therefore occlusive fissure sealant should be offered to all scholars because those without neither the preventive program nor occlusive fissure sealant had a significantly higher risk of caries.

Key words: Sealants, Fissures, Caries, Prevention, Risk

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