Title

In vitro analysis of material micro-leakage in pit and fissure sealants

Authors

Swati Mittal¹, Pratyaksha Singh Panwar², Aabha Rawal³, Mohomedkaif Mansuri⁴, Anandamoy Bagchi⁵, Monika Pandey⁶ & Pratik Surana^7,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Government Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India;²Department of Dentistry, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India;³Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Science, Dharamsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India;⁴Department of Public Health Dentistry, Ahmedabad Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India;⁵Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India;⁶Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, R.K.D.F. Dental College and Research Center, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India;⁷Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Maitri College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Swati Mittal - E-mail id: drmittal81@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9909947177

Pratyaksha Singh Panwar - E-mail id: dr.pratyaksha@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9894788183

Aabha Rawal - E-mail id: aabharawal294@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9586762107

Mohomedkaif Mansuri - E-mail id: kaifm4134@gmail.com; Phone: +918849321557

Anandamoy Bagchi - E-mail id: a_bagchi@hotmail.com; Phone: +91 9339536846

Monika Pandey - E-mail id: drmonikapandey25@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9630283879

Pratik Surana - E-mail id: suranadrpratik@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8871310111

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2024; Revised April 30, 2024; Accepted April 30, 2024, Published April 30, 2024

A preferable choice of material offers superior resistance against micro-leakage for clinical applications in preventing dental caries in pits and fissures is of interest. A total of 45 extracted human premolars were cleaned, stored in a saline solution, and randomly divided into three groups, each intended for treatment with one of the sealants: Fuzi VII, ClinPro, and Embrace Wetbond. The application of the sealants followed the manufacturers' instructions strictly. The teeth were subjected to thermal cycling to simulate oral conditions. Marginal micro-leakage was then assessed by dye penetration method using a 0.5% methylene blue dye. Teeth were sectioned, and dye penetration was measured under a stereomicroscope. The results showed that all the tested materials exhibited some degree of micro-leakage. Within the limitations of this in vitro study, it was concluded that Embrace Wetbond exhibited superior performance in terms of minimizing marginal micro-leakage among the tested pit and fissure sealants.

Keywords

Pit and fissure sealants, marginal micro-leakage, fuzi vii, clinpro, embrace wetbond

Citation

Mittal et al. Bioinformation 20(4): 319-322 (2024)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.