Table 4 The effect of the characteristics of the MIH lesion, arches and tooth type on the clinical success of the fissure sealants
Occlusal surface | Group 1 (Conceal F) | Group 2 (BS) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Successful (Alpha + Bravo) 12-Month | Unsuccessful (Charlie) 12-Month | Total (Baseline) | Successful (Alpha + Bravo) 12-Month | Unsuccessful (Charlie) 12-Month | Total (Baseline) | |||||||
n | % | n | % | N | % | n | % | n | % | N | % | |
Color of the lesion | ||||||||||||
White | 24 | 75.0 | 8 | 25.0 | 32 | 64.0 | 2 | 6.9 | 27 | 93.1 | 29 | 58.0 |
Yellow | 8 | 57.1 | 6 | 42.9 | 14 | 28.0 | 2 | 11.8 | 15 | 88.2 | 17 | 34.0 |
Brown | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 8.0 |
p = 0.549* | p = 0.704* | |||||||||||
Extension of the lesion | ||||||||||||
1/4 of the occlusal | 15 | 78.9 | 4 | 21.1 | 19 | 38.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 15 | 95.0 | 16 | 32.0 |
2/4 of the occlusal | 7 | 70.0 | 3 | 30.0 | 10 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 100.0 | 13 | 26.0 |
3/4 of the occlusal | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 80.0 | 5 | 10.0 |
4/4 of the occlusal | 12 | 60.0 | 8 | 40.0 | 20 | 40.0 | 2 | 12.5 | 14 | 87.5 | 16 | 32.0 |
p = 0.374* | p = 0.447* | |||||||||||
Arch | ||||||||||||
Upper | 15 | 62.8 | 7 | 31.8 | 22 | 44.0 | 2 | 7.7 | 24 | 92.3 | 26 | 52.0 |
Lower | 19 | 67.9 | 9 | 32.1 | 28 | 56.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 22 | 91.7 | 24 | 48.0 |
p = 0.612* | p = 0.664* | |||||||||||
Tooth type | ||||||||||||
16 | 8 | 61.5 | 5 | 38.5 | 13 | 26.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 100.0 | 12 | 24.0 |
26 | 7 | 77.8 | 2 | 22.2 | 9 | 18.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 12 | 85.7 | 14 | 28.0 |
36 | 11 | 84.6 | 2 | 15.4 | 13 | 26.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 10 | 83.3 | 12 | 24.0 |
46 | 8 | 53.3 | 7 | 46.7 | 15 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 100.0 | 12 | 24.0 |
p = 0.287* | p = 0.255* | |||||||||||
Total | 34 | 68.0 | 16 | 32.0 | 50 | 100 | 4 | 8.0 | 46 | 92.0 | 50 | 100 |