Retention of resin-based pit and fissure sealants: A systematic review

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 321-336

  Muller Bolla, Michèle ^a,d   Lupi Pégurier, Laurence ^a   Taidieu, Corinne ^b   Velly, Ana Miriam ^c   Antomarchi, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Faculte de Chirurgie Dentaire   (France)

Author keywords

Dental materials; Meta analysis; Pit and fissure sealants; Review literature

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; FISSURE SEALANT; GLASS IONOMER;

CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ACID ETCHING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACID ETCHING, DENTAL; ACRYLIC RESINS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; HUMANS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RUBBER DAMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33748328244     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00319.x     Document Type: Review

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