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Resin Infiltration with Flowable Resin Composite Sealing for Non-Cavitated Occlusal Caries: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · Qu X, Zhu Z, Zhang J, Lu J · 2026-08-28

Researchers compared resin infiltration combined with flowable resin sealing versus sealing alone for early occlusal pit-and-fissure caries in permanent molars, finding that the combined approach reduced lesion progression risk by approximately half over 12 months.

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