Effect of saliva contamination on microleakage of three different pit and fissure sealants

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ABSTRACT

Aim

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of saliva contamination and compare the microleakage of three
different pit-and-fissure sealants namely, Helioseal F, Enamel Loc and Fuji VII.

Methods

Sixty recently
extracted sound third molars were randomly assigned to three groups for three different sealant materials (n=20). Each
sealant group was then randomly divided into two as uncontaminated (n=10) and saliva contaminated (n=10) prior to sealant
placement. The samples were thermocycled in water for 500 cycles between 5 and 55C with a dwell time of 30 s and
immersed in 1 methylene-blue for 24 h. The samples were sectioned and scored on a 3 point rating scale using a
light microscope.

Results

Among both contaminated and uncontaminated groups Helioseal F showed statistically
significantly less microleakage compared to Enamel Loc and Fuji VII groups (p<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between Enamel Loc and Fuji VII in both absence and presence of saliva contamination (p>0.05). Statistics: The
results were analysed using Kruskal Wallis test while study groups were compared with Mann-Whitney test for statistically
significant differences at 5 significance level.

Conclusion

Under both uncontaminated and saliva contaminated
conditions, the light-cured resin-based pit-and-fissure sealant Helioseal F yielded lower microleakage scores compared to
Enamel Loc and Fuji VII.

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