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Evaluation of Retention for Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Sealants in Uncooperative Children

Not Applicable
Conditions
Sound Newly Erupted First Permanent Molars With Deep Fissures Susceptible to Caries
Interventions
Other: Hydrophobic fissure sealant
Other: Hydrophilic fissure sealant
Registration Number
NCT04560985
Lead Sponsor
King Abdulaziz University
Brief Summary

To evaluate and compare the retention and cariostatic effect of hydrophilic and hydrophobic resin-based sealants for sealing pits and fissures of permanent molars in uncooperative children.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
42
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Children with good health and without any systematic diseases history which may interfere with their oral hygiene.
  2. Children ranging in age from 6 to 9 years.
  3. Children with bilateral fully erupted mandibular first permanent molars with deep fissures having a score of 0 following the International Caries Detection and Assessment System II (ICDAS II).
  4. Uncooperative children with "definitely negative" or "negative" behavioral ratings according to the Frankl behavior classification scale.
  5. Informed consent to the child's participation in the study signed by one of his/her parents/guardian.
  6. No children will be excluded on the basis of gender, race, social or economic status
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Children with systemic diseases.
  2. Children with oral habits affecting occlusion.
  3. Children with any physical or mental disorders.
  4. Children with cavitated, defected, missed or restored contralateral tooth.
  5. Children with history of allergy to resin or latex.
  6. Teeth with restorations, cavitated lesion, hypoplasia and any developmental defects.
  7. Not approving to sign the consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Hydrophobic sealantHydrophobic fissure sealantHelioseal-F Sealant ®
Hydrophilic sealantHydrophilic fissure sealantUltraSeal XT hydro™ sealant ®
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sealant retention scoring using Color, Coverage and Caries (CCC) systemAt 36 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Caries scoring using Color, Coverage and Caries (CCC) systemAt 36 months
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