Pit and Fissure Sealants

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bekes, Katrin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Dentistry.

This book provides wide-ranging information on current clinical and scientific knowledge on the various aspects of fissure sealing. Trends in the epidemiology of caries are first examined, followed by thorough description of the morphology of pits and fissures and types of sealant. The role of seala...

Table of Contents:

• Trends in the Epidemiology of Caries in Children
• The Morphology of Pits and Fissures
• Pit and Fissure Sealants
• The Role of Pit and Fissure Sealants in the Prevention of Dental Caries
• Detection of Occlusal Caries
• Which Teeth have to be Sealed?
• Clinical Recommendations for the Placement of Pit and Fissure Sealants
• Alternative Techniques for Pit and Fissure Sealings
• Sealing of non-cavitated Dentinal Occlusal Caries Carious Fissures
• Therapeutic Fissure Sealing
• Survival Rate of Fissure Sealings
• Risk Analyses and Cost Effectiveness of Fissure Sealings.