Review Paper
Year: 2021 | Month: January | Volume: 8 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 595-601
Dental Sealants: A Literature Review
Eram Perwez1, Rizwana Mallick2, Samiya Kulsoom3, Shabina Sachdeva4
1MDS (Prosthodontics), Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025
2MDS (Prosthodontics), Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025
3Final year student, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025
4MDS (Prosthodontics), Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025
Corresponding Author: Shabina Sachdeva
ABSTRACT
Dental sealants were introduced in 1960's to prevent occlusal dental caries. They arrest the growth of caries causing bacteria, preventing their progression and subsequently avoiding early caries. Dental sealants act as caries preventing agents only till the time they remain bonded to the tooth. The intent of this review is to focus on dental sealant materials, discussing their effectiveness in preventing caries, caries risk assessment between sealant protective and no sealant tooth, compare different types of sealants-on the basis of their effectiveness, newer advances in sealant placement and elucidate upon the harmful effect of bisphenol A, a regular component of dental sealants.
Keywords: Dental caries, Pit and fissure sealant.
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