Evaluation of Retention for Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Sealants in Uncooperative Children

Clinical Evaluation of Retention for Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Resin-Based Sealants in Uncooperative Children: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

To evaluate and compare the retention and cariostatic effect of hydrophilic and hydrophobic resin-based sealants for sealing pits and fissures of permanent molars in uncooperative children.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Children with good health and without any systematic diseases history which may interfere with their oral hygiene.
2. Children ranging in age from 6 to 9 years.
3. Children with bilateral fully erupted mandibular first permanent molars with deep fissures having a score of 0 following the International Caries Detection and Assessment System II (ICDAS II).
4. Uncooperative children with "definitely negative" or "negative" behavioral ratings according to the Frankl behavior classification scale.
5. Informed consent to the child's participation in the study signed by one of his/her parents/guardian.
6. No children will be excluded on the basis of gender, race, social or economic status

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Children with systemic diseases.
2. Children with oral habits affecting occlusion.
3. Children with any physical or mental disorders.
4. Children with cavitated, defected, missed or restored contralateral tooth.
5. Children with history of allergy to resin or latex.
6. Teeth with restorations, cavitated lesion, hypoplasia and any developmental defects.
7. Not approving to sign the consent.