occlusal fissure

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gap or space between the occlusal surfaces of the maxillary and mandibular teeth.

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BACTERIAL ACIDIFICATION AND CAVISTAT ALKALINIZATION OF OCCLUSAL FISSURE pH

Earlier, we showed with a 2 micron diameter tip Sb electrode that oral bacteria cause occlusal fissure pH to become and remain highly acidic for long hours after carbohydrate (CHO) exposure.

New Candy Counteracts Tooth Decay and Strengthens Teeth

Pope BD, Garcia-Godoy F, Summitt JB, Chan D: Effectiveness of occlusal fissure cleansing methods and sealant micromorphology.

Pit and fissure sealants: a review of the literature

Teeth with occlusal restorations, occlusal fissure sealants, extensive fissure staining, hypoplastic pits and occlusal caries with cavitation were excluded from the sample.

Histological validation of a laser fluorescence device for occlusal caries detection in primary molars

The histological presence of caries was determined in bucco-lingual serial sections ([approximately equal to]1 mm thick) sectioned from the occlusal fissure system (Minitom, Streurs, Copenhagen, Denmark).

The effect of pit and fissure sealants on the detection of occlusal caries in vitro

Hence, appropriate intervention therapy should be provided to high caries risk children and this include appropriate fluoride therapy, fissure sealant for their non-carious occlusal fissures, minimal intervention therapy for the cavitated lesions, and diet and plaque control counselling.

Caries risk assessment in school children using reduced cariogram model

The electronic detection of demineralisation in occlusal fissures.

Correlacion del diagnostico clinico y radiografico de la lesion de caries en dientes posteriores

A study carried out with human molars (sound and with visible carious lesion in fissures) mapped the distribution of fluoride and calcium in the surface enamel of the occlusal fissures and determined the association between variations in fluoride concentration and the occurrence of demineralised areas in the enamel and subjacent dentine.

Effect of fluoride gels on occlusal fissures in primary molars: an in vitro study

The surfaces were rinsed for 10 seconds with an air/water spray and occlusal fissures were dried with oil-free compressed air for 15 seconds.

Clinical and antibacterial effectiveness of three different sealant materials

2001] reported that FS after 15 and 20 years showed 40% of the failed FS on the mandibular first molar had failed because of caries or restoration in the buccal pits, while the FS in the occlusal fissures showed complete retention.

Short communication: effect of bevelling on marginal microleakage of buccal-surface fissure sealants in permanent teeth

2003] tested in vitro the ultrastructure of resin-enamel bonds in occlusal fissures with unground enamel using phosphoric acid etching in combination with a FS and two single-step self-etch adhesives (Adper Prompt-L-Pop[R], 3M Espe and Xeno III[R], Dentsply De Trey] followed by a FS.

Assessment of two curing systems in a self-etching primer/adhesive sealant: a preliminary study for a clinical trial

Recently, a different morphology of occlusal fissures has been described [Kidd et al.

Assessment of the accuracy of visual examination, bite-wing radiographs and DIAGNOdent[R] on the diagnosis of occlusal caries