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  • Title: Results after 1 year of non-operative occlusal caries treatment of erupting permanent first molars.
    Author: Carvalho JC, Ekstrand KR, Thylstrup A.
    Journal: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol; 1991 Feb; 19(1):23-8. PubMed ID: 2019085.
    Abstract:
    The aim of this study was to evaluate a treatment program designed to control occlusal caries on the basis of intensive patient education and professional toothcleaning. The sample consisted of 56 6-8-yr-old children with their permanent right first molars in different stages of eruption. Data from the program were compared with previous data recorded in a similar sample of children. After 1 yr the majority of children in the study group had their permanent right first molars in full occlusion. A significant decrease of surfaces with easily detectable plaque and an increase of surfaces without plaque was observed. The proportion of arrested lesions increased and active enamel lesions decreased. Fissure sealing was only needed in two teeth in contrast to more than 2/3 of molars in a comparable sample of children. The program proved to be an efficient alternative to fissure sealing in preventing occlusal caries in erupting teeth.
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