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[Public school programme for fissure sealants and its effect on the private demand for restorative dentistry for
María Belén Prados Atienza1, Esther Muñoz Soto, Manuel Bravo
1Departamento de Estomatología, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain. bprados@hotmail.com
Objective:
To analyse the effect of a public school odontological programme of fissure sealants on the private demand for restorative dentistry for temporary teeth.
Design:
A longitudinal, comparative study was conducted. It had 2 groups, control and sealant, with 3 years monitoring.
Setting:
Santa Fe Health Area, concretely in the local districts (LD) of Santa Fe and Pinos Puente, Granada, Spain, starting in the school year 1996/1997.
Participants:
The sealant group was selected from the Santa Fe LD (which had a public programme of fissure sealants) (n=129); and the control group (n=120), from Pinos Puente LD.
Interventions:
All the school students were examined (+ report issued) in the schools every 6 months for 3 years. The sealant group children received at the health centre fissure sealants in their first permanent molars.
Main Measurements:
The restorations performed in temporary teeth for both groups were analysed (x+/-EE) during the study at 12, 24, and 36 month follow-up. RESULTS. The sealant group had a significantly greater increase in restorative treatment for temporary teeth (P< .05) than the Control group at all monitoring points.
Conclusions:
A public programme of fissure sealants raised private restorative treatment for temporary teeth.
