Effectiveness of Rubber Dam Isolation Versus Cotton Roll Isolation on Bonded Fissure Sealant Retention

Clinical Retention of Bonded Resin Sealants Placed With Rubber Dam Versus Cotton Roll Isolation

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the clinical retention of bonded fissure sealants placed under rubber dam isolation and cotton roll isolation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Teeth having a clinical indication of sealing with bonded resin pit and fissure sealants
• Patients with four fully-erupted permanent molars, with unstained, caries-free and unsealed pit and fissures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients having incipient carious lesions, fewer erupted molars or teeth without pits on buccal/palatal surfaces.
• Patients with systemic diseases.