Pit and Fissure Sealants
"Pit and Fissure Sealants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Agents used to occlude dental enamel pits and fissures in the prevention of dental caries.
| Descriptor ID |
D010895
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D25.339.773 J01.637.051.339.773
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| Concept/Terms |
Pit and Fissure Sealants- Pit and Fissure Sealants
- Pit Fissure Sealants
- Fissure Sealants, Pit
- Sealants, Pit Fissure
- Sealants, Dental
- Dental Sealants
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pit and Fissure Sealants" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Owens BM, Sharp HK, Fourmy EE, Phebus JG. Effect of occlusal calculus utilized as a potential "biological sealant" in special needs patients with gastric feeding tubes: a qualitative in vitro contrast to pit and fissure sealant restorations. Gen Dent. 2016 Jul-Aug; 64(4):24-9.