"Pit and Fissure Sealants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pit and Fissure Sealants" by people in Profiles.
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Stakeholder Assessment of Evidence-Based Guideline Dissemination and Implementation in a Dental Group Practice. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2021 01; 6(1):87-95.
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Barriers to sealant guideline implementation within a multi-site managed care dental practice. BMC Oral Health. 2018 02 02; 18(1):17.
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Economic evaluation of Dental Sealants: A systematic review. Clin Ter. 2016; 167(1):e13-20.
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Predictors of coronal caries progression in adults: results from the Prevention of Adult Caries Study. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2013 Dec; 41(6):558-64.
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Results from the Xylitol for Adult Caries Trial (X-ACT). J Am Dent Assoc. 2013 Jan; 144(1):21-30.
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Caries treatment in a dental practice-based research network: movement toward stated evidence-based treatment. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2013 Apr; 41(2):143-53.
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Examiner training and reliability in two randomized clinical trials of adult dental caries. J Public Health Dent. 2011; 71(4):335-44.
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General practitioners' use of caries-preventive agents in adult patients versus pediatric patients: findings from the dental practice-based research network. J Am Dent Assoc. 2010 Jun; 141(6):679-87.
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Preferences for caries prevention agents in adult patients: findings from the dental practice-based research network. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2010 Aug; 38(4):360-70.
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Use of caries-preventive agents in children: findings from the dental practice-based research network. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2010; 8(4):351-9.