PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS
● Deep pits and fissures
● Preventive treatment procedure - prophylactic
● To prevent food lodgement into pit and fissure
● No preparation required
● Composite ー micromechanical ー pit and fissure
● RATIONALE – Act as barrier between the sealed site & the oral environment ー micromechanical
● Etch+bond+flowable sealant + cure
● Use diagnodent ー laser fluorescence ー digital
● Preferred ー recently erupted molars
(ORDER)
¤ Permanent 1st molars(1st preference)
¤ Rest primary molars
¤ Then PREMOLARS
¤ Then ANTERIORS (LINGUAL PITS)
● Retention of sealant ー is the success determination criteria.