Sealing of Non-cavitated Carious Fissures

Dental caries is still a global oral health burden decreasing quality of life of affected children and adults. In addition to accepted oral prophylactic techniques fluoride therapy and regular oral hygiene visits, the positive additional benefit of sealing susceptible pits and fissures is rhetorical. Treatment strategies for occlusal but also other carious lesions have shifted more and more from an invasive procedure toward minimal invasive or even non-operative strategies. Sealing non-cavitated occlusal carious lesions is one of these strategies. This chapter is intended to discuss the various strategies of pit and fissure sealing in the management of non-cavitated occlusal carious lesions in order to arrest their progression.