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Clinical Oral Investigations
Published in: Clinical Oral Investigations 5/2010

01-10-2010 | Original Article

Are pit and fissure sealants needed in children with a higher caries risk?

Authors: Susanne Berger, Inka Goddon, Chih-Mei Chen, Helga Senkel, Reinhard Hickel, Lutz Stösser, Roswitha Heinrich-Weltzien, Jan Kühnisch

Published in: Clinical Oral Investigations | Issue 5/2010

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Abstract

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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Metadata
Title
Are pit and fissure sealants needed in children with a higher caries risk?
Authors
Susanne Berger
Inka Goddon
Chih-Mei Chen
Helga Senkel
Reinhard Hickel
Lutz Stösser
Roswitha Heinrich-Weltzien
Jan Kühnisch
Publication date
01-10-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Clinical Oral Investigations / Issue 5/2010
Print ISSN: 1432-6981
Electronic ISSN: 1436-3771
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-009-0343-8

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