APPLICATION OF COMPOSITES, COMPOMERS AND GLASS-IONOMER CEMENTS IN CARIES PREVENTION ON OCCLUSAL TOOTH SURFACE

Ca-ri-es is mo-re li-kely to oc-cur in fis-su-res and pits on oc-clu-sal to-oth sur-fa-ce than on its smo-oth sur-fa-ce. Pre-ven-ti-on of den-tal ca-ri-es on oc-clu-sal sur-fa-ce is pos-si-ble by applying com-po-si-tes, com-po-mers and glass-iono-mer ce-ments, as met-hods of fis-su-re and pit se-a-ling, im-me-di-a-tely af-ter to-oth erup-ti-on. The de-ve-lop-ment of ad-he-si-ve den-ti-stry has ena-bled ef-fec-ti-ve im-ple-men-ta-ti-on of this met-hod, which has be-co-me one of the first mi-ni-mally in-va-si-ve pro-ce-du-res. Alt-ho-ugh it is very sim-ple and eco-no-mi-cally vi-a-ble, the met-hod of fis-su-re and pits se-a-ling is still ra-rely ap-pli-ed in our area. The pa-per outli-nes cha-rac-te-ri-stics of ma-te-ri-als used in the met-hod of fis-su-re and pits se-a-ling and shows the sta-te of se-a-ling, re-ten-ti-on of se-a-lant on the first per-ma-nent mo-lars in a three-year pe-ri-od, af-ter the first, se-cond and third year of fis-su-re and pits se-a-ling .