Updated Sealant Recommendations

An article published in the September-October 2016 issue of Pediatric Dentistry presents the ADA’s updated evidence-based recommendations for the use of pit-and-fissure sealants on the occlusal surfaces of primary and permanent molars in children and adolescents.

Conclusions reached after conducting multiple controlled trials include:

• Sealants are effective in preventing and arresting pit-and-fissure occlusal carious lesions of primary and permanent molars in children and adolescents.
• Sealants could minimize the progression of noncavitated occlusal carious lesions.
• There was not enough evidence for the panel to identify a preferred sealant material over others.

View the report in its entirety.