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    Are pit and fissure sealants needed in children with a higher caries risk?
        
        Clin. Oral Investig. 14, 613-620 (2010)
    
    
    
	    The aim of this cross-sectional study was to analyse the preventive need of pit and fissure sealants (PFS) in a German population with a relatively high caries risk. The study involved 311 8- to 12-year-old children from the Ennepe-Ruhr District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Caries experience was scored according to WHO (1997) and ICDAS II criteria. PFS were assessed as intact or partially lost. The mean DFS values amounted to 0.5 for occlusal fissures, 0.2 for palatal/buccal pits and 0.3 for the remaining teeth. Non-cavitated caries lesions were recorded in average on 1.8 occlusal fissures and 1.5 palatal/buccal pits. Sealants were registered on 1.4 occlusal fissures and 0.4 palatal/buccal pits. The descriptive data and the adjusted Poisson regression models revealed that children with at least one fissure sealant are less likely to have decayed fissures or fissures with non-cavitated lesions on their permanent molars. Therefore, PFS are needed and indicated in caries-risk children.
	
	
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        Publication type
        Article: Journal article
    
 
    
        Document type
        Scientific Article
    
 
     
    
    
        Keywords
        Dental caries; Epidemiology; Prevention; Pit and fissure sealants; Caries risk; adolescents
    
 
     
    
    
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        Publication Year
        2010
    
 
     
    
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        2010
    
 
    
    
        ISSN (print) / ISBN
        1432-6981
    
 
    
        e-ISSN
        1436-3771
    
 
    
     
     
	     
	 
	 
    
        Journal
        Clinical Oral Investigations
    
 
	
    
        Quellenangaben
        
	    Volume: 14,  
	    Issue: 5,  
	    Pages: 613-620 
	    
	    
	
    
 
    
         
        
            Publisher
            Springer
        
 
        
            Publishing Place
            Heidelberg
        
 
	
         
         
         
         
         
	
         
         
         
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
        Reviewing status
        Peer reviewed
    
 
    
        Institute(s)
        Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
    
 
     
     
    
        PSP Element(s)
        G-503900-002
    
 
     
     	
    
    
        Scopus ID
        78649326633
    
    
        Erfassungsdatum
        2010-12-06