Can caries fissures be sealed as adequately as sound fissures?

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-498

  Hevinga, M A ^a   Opdam, N J M ^a   Frencken, J E ^a   Bronkhorst, E M ^a   Truin, G J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Caries; Fissure sealants; Microleakage

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; ENAMEL; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TOOTH DISEASE;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTAL LEAKAGE; HUMANS; MARGINAL ADAPTATION (DENTISTRY); PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 43749123675     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910808700514     Document Type: Article

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