Evaluation Of Commonly Treated Maxillary Teeth With Preventive Resin Sealant Among Children With Primary Dentition

Application of Pit and fissure sealants is an integral part of comprehensive caries management approach. Their role in the field of caries prophylaxis is undisputed. A Pit and fissure sealant is a clear or an opaque plastic material which when applied to the deep pit and fissure of the posterior teeth can prevent caries. The current study aims at estimating the frequency of commonly treated maxillary primary teeth with pit and fissure sealants in a dental hospital setting and also in the provision of a detailed statistical report on the same. The study was performed in the Outpatient department of saveetha dental college, under a university setting. It was a retrospective study. Data required for the study was procured by reviewing patient records dating between June 2019 and March 2021.The collected data was sorted and analysed and the results were interpreted in the form of graphs. Our results show that the majority of the preventive resin sealant procedures that is 50.51% are done on male children and children of three years of age were the frequently treated (28.06%). Primary first and second maxillary molars were more commonly treated in both male and female children, which was not statistically significant (p-value = 0.315). From our results we conclude that Primary second molars are the most commonly treated teeth with the majority of the treatment procedures done on male children and children of 3 years age.