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Home Effect of saliva contamination on microleakage of three different pit and fissure...

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

Authors:

  • A. Topaloglu Ak
    Ege University, School of Dentistry, Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Izmir, Turkey
  • A. Riza Alpoz
    Ege University, School of Dentistry, Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Izmir, Turkey

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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Publication date:

Jun /2010

Keywords:

fissure sealant, microleakage, saliva contaminated, uncontaminated

Issue:

Vol.11 – n.2/2010

Page:

93 – 96

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Cite:


Harvard: A. Topaloglu Ak, A. Riza Alpoz (2010) "Effect of saliva contamination on microleakage of three different pit and fissure sealants", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 11(2), pp93-96. doi:
Vancouver: A. Topaloglu Ak, A. Riza Alpoz. Effect of saliva contamination on microleakage of three different pit and fissure sealants. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2010Jun.1 [cited 2025Jul.09];11(2):93-96. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/effect-of-saliva-contamination-on-microleakage-of-three-different-pit-and-fissure-sealants/
MLA: A. Topaloglu Ak, A. Riza Alpoz Effect of saliva contamination on microleakage of three different pit and fissure sealants. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2010;11(2):93-96

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