Retention of pit and fissure sealants versus flowable composites in permanent teeth: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To summarize the available clinical evidence on the relative effectiveness of retention of resin-based pit and fissure sealants (PFS) with that of flowable composites on occlusal surfaces of permanent teeth when evaluated in clinical trials.

Sources

Electronic searches were performed in PubMed and Cochrane Library for the identification of relevant studies, from their inception until February 2020 and an additional search was done with the reference lists of included articles.

Study selection

The review protocol followed the PRISMA guidelines and was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42018112805). The risk of bias of the studies was independently appraised using the revised Cochrane Risk of Bias tool (RoB 2.0).

Data

Ten articles were considered relevant for

SUBMITTER: Ramesh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7519376 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature