[Public school programme for fissure sealants and its effect on the private demand for restorative dentistry for temporary teeth].
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the effect of a public school odontological programme of fissure sealants on the private demand for restorative dentistry for temporary teeth.


METHODS
A longitudinal, comparative study was conducted. It had 2 groups, control and sealant, with 3 years monitoring.


METHODS
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.


METHODS
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.


METHODS
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.


METHODS
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.
Prados Atienza
María Belén
MB
Departamento de Estomatología, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain. bprados@hotmail.com
Muñoz Soto
Esther
E
Bravo
Manuel
M
González Rodríguez
María Paloma
MP
Prados Sánchez
Estrella
E
D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006078:Government Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008963:Molar; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012107:Research Design; D012571:School Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous
D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants