Low-cost glass ionomer cement as ART sealant in permanent molars: a randomized clinical trial

Hesse, Daniela, Bonifacio, Clarissa Calil, Gugliemi, Camila de Almeida Brandão, Da Franca, Carolina, Mendes, Fausto Medeiros and Raggio, Daniela Procida ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0048-2068 2015. Low-cost glass ionomer cement as ART sealant in permanent molars: a randomized clinical trial. Brazilian Oral Research 29 (1) , pp. 1-9. 10.1590/1807-3107BOR-2015.vol29.0063

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Abstract

Clinical trials are normally performed with well-known brands of glass ionomer cement (GIC), but the cost of these materials is high for public healthcare in less-affluent communities. Given the need to research cheaper materials, it seems pertinent to investigate the retention rate of a low-cost GIC applied as atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) sealants in two centers in Brazil. Four hundred and thirty-seven 6-to-8-year-old schoolchildren were selected in two cities in Brazil. The children were randomly divided into two groups, according to the tested GIC applied in the first permanent molars. The retention rate was evaluated after 3, 6 and 12 months. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and the log-rank test were performed. The variables were tested for association with sealant longevity, using logistic regression analyses (α = 5%). The retention rate of sealants after 12 months was 19.1%. The high-cost GIC brand presented a 2-fold-more-likely-to-survive rate than the low-cost brand (p < 0.001). Significant difference was also found between the cities where the treatments were performed, in that Barueri presented a higher sealant survival rate than Recife (p < 0.001). The retention rate of a low-cost GIC sealant brand was markedly lower than that of a well-known GIC sealant brand.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Dentistry
Additional Information:	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 June 2022
Last Modified:	27 May 2023 06:18
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/148838

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