Authors: Lumturije Zejneli Ziberi, Zlatko Georgiev, Efka Zhabokova Bilbilova, Slavica Najdenoska Bojchinoska, Armend Nuhiu, Mirsad Ibraimi, Adnan Jaha

DOI: To be acquired

Keywords: fissure sealing, dental caries, prevention, children

ABSTRACT

The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of preventive fissure flooding, included in the national strategy in the municipality of Tetovo. The study included 72 children from the municipality of Tetovo. Screening of the children was done during regular dental examinations, within the national strategy in the first, i.e., in the 2015/2016 academic year and in the third grade, i.e., the 2017/2018 academic year. The dental examination was performed in a dental office, on a dental chair with artificial light and dental examination equipment - a dental probe and a mirror. During the examination of the occlusal surface of the first permanent molars, we paid attention to the changes in the color, transparency and transparency of the enamel. Data were entered in the WHO Form. Then we started filling the fissures and pits on the occlusal surfaces from the first permanent molars. In our study we used GC Fuji Trijage glass ionomer silent. The obtained data were statistically processed using the program PSPP software for statistical data processing and Student t-test, and the level significance was set at p < 0.05. Our study showed that the patients had 78.8% healthy teeth or teeth without dental caries. In both grades 1 and 3, the students surveyed had the same percentage of healthy teeth. The sealing of the fissures and the pits of the molars in the municipality of Tetovo gave the desired result, i.e. preservation of the dental health of all teeth, and not only of the first permanent molars.