Efectividad del uso de sellantes para la prevención de lesiones cariosas en niños y adolescentes. Revisión bibliográfica.

Abstract

Dental caries is the most prevalent of all oral diseases and is a public health problem. Health systems have been concerned to establish measures for its prevention and one of them is the use of pit and fissure sealants. This research had the objective of determining, through a literature review, the effectiveness of the use of sealants for the prevention of carious lesions in children and adolescents. It was a literature review that included seven studies (six reviews and one cohort study). Sealants are indicated for pits and fissures that show signs of carious lesion activity or are at risk of developing carious lesions in the near future. The most used materials as pit and fissure sealants are four, resin-based sealants; glass ionomer sealants; resin-modified glass ionomer (GI) sealants and polyacid-modified resin sealants. Among them, the most effective is that of resin based sealants.