Title:
The Effectiveness of Sealants in Managing Carious Lesions
The Effectiveness of Sealants in Managing Carious Lesions
| dc.contributor.author | Griffin, S. O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oong, E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kohn, W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vidakovic, Brani | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gooch, B. F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bader, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Clarkson, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fontana, M. R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Meyer, D. M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rozier, R. G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Weintraub, J. A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zero, D. T. | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Emory University. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Dental Sealant Systematic Review Work Group | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Division of Oral Health. Surveillance, Investigations, and Research Branch | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Dentistry | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Indiana University School of Dentistry. Oral Health Research Institute | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | University of Dundee. Dental Health Services Research Unit | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | American Dental Association | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | University of California, San Francisco. Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | University of California, San Francisco. School of Dentistry | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-11-25T17:50:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-11-25T17:50:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A barrier to providing sealants is concern about inadvertently sealing over caries. The objective of this meta-analysis was to examine whether sealants are effective in preventing caries progression. Methods: Our search of electronic databases for comparative studies examining caries progression in sealed permanent teeth located 1905 unique records. We ordered 311 articles that met the inclusion criteria. We used a random-effects model to estimate percentage reduction in caries progression in sealed carious teeth compared to not-sealed carious teeth. Findings: Six studies including 4 randomized-controlled trials (RCT) were used in the analysis (1090 surfaces, 840 teeth, and 384 persons). The median annual percentage of non-cavitated lesions progressing was 2.6% for sealed and 12.6% for unsealed carious teeth. The summary prevented fraction for RCT was 71.3% (95%CI: 52.8%-82.5%; no observed heterogeneity). Conclusions: Sealing non-cavitated caries in permanent teeth reduces caries progression by over 70% up to 5 years after placement. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/25831 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Biomedical Engineering Technical Report ; 04/2007 | en |
| dc.subject | Pit and fissure sealants | en |
| dc.subject | Caries | en |
| dc.subject | Dental caries prevention | |
| dc.title | The Effectiveness of Sealants in Managing Carious Lesions | en |
| dc.title.alternative | Effectiveness of sealing caries | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Technical Report | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.author | Vidakovic, Brani | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
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