Evaluation of Retention for Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Sealants in Uncooperative Children

King Abdulaziz University42 enrolled

Overview

To evaluate and compare the retention and cariostatic effect of hydrophilic and hydrophobic resin-based sealants for sealing pits and fissures of permanent molars in uncooperative children.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Sound Newly Erupted First Permanent Molars With Deep Fissures Susceptible to Caries

Interventions

Hydrophilic fissure sealantOTHER

Hydrophilic fissure sealant on first molars

Hydrophobic fissure sealantOTHER

Hydrophobic fissure sealant on first molars

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 9 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Children with good health and without any systematic diseases history which may interfere with their oral hygiene. 2. Children ranging in age from 6 to 9 years. 3. Children with bilateral fully erupted mandibular first permanent molars with deep fissures having a score of 0 following the International Caries Detection and Assessment System II (ICDAS II). 4. Uncooperative children with "definitely negative" or "negative" behavioral ratings according to the Frankl behavior classification scale. 5. Informed consent to the child's participation in the study signed by one of his/her parents/guardian. 6. No children will be excluded on the basis of gender, race, social or economic status Exclusion Criteria: 1. Children with systemic diseases. 2. Children with oral habits affecting occlusion. 3. Children with any physical or mental disorders. 4. Children with cavitated, defected, missed or restored contralateral tooth. 5. Children with history of allergy to resin or latex. 6. Teeth with restorations, cavitated lesion, hypoplasia and any developmental defects. 7. Not approving to sign the consent.