Resin infiltrants - A review

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dc.contributor.authorAlresheedi, Bandaren_US
dc.contributor.authorShujaulla, Syeden_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-18T11:07:17Z
dc.date.available2025-06-18T11:07:17Z
dc.date.issued2025-02
dc.description.abstractTooth decay is a microbial, infectious and multi-factorial disease and is still globally a highly prevalent pathology. The management of Dental caries has dramatically changed in recent years, evolving from the traditional restorative treatment approach to a preventive approach, non-invasion or minimal invasion. Minimal intervention focuses on preventive or non-surgical methods to preserve dental hard tissues is a part of modern dentistry, this avoids any unwanted sacrifice of tooth structure, and also enhances the life of the tooth. Noninvasive management of non-cavitated caries lesions includes use of fluoride, casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate or therapeutic sealants for occlusal lesions. Resin infiltration is a much more tissue conserving approach to arrest and control the initial carious lesions. This concept aims at occluding the highly porous structures of incipient enamel lesion by means of low-viscosity resins. The potential caries-inhibiting effect of resin infiltrate acts by occlusion of the pores within the body of the lesion in contrast to the sealing of caries lesions that depend upon the external occlusion of the lesion with the sealant material. This ultraconservative approach effectively builds a covalently bound three-dimensional polymer framework thus partially replacing the lost minerals, encapsulating the hydroxyapatite crystals, micromechanically interlocking the remaining enamel prisms, and acting as an effective barrier for hydrogen ions to inhibit further demineralization and to arrest subsurface lesion progress. The aim of this review was to assess the scientific basis, principles and clinical applications of resin infiltratesen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssociate Professor & Head, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAlresheedi Bandar, Shujaulla Syed. Resin infiltrants - A review. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2025 Feb; 12(2): 20-25en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-0026
dc.identifier.issn2394-0034
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/248285
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherEducational Society for Excellenceen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume12en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14954982en_US
dc.subjectTooth decayen_US
dc.subjectDental cariesen_US
dc.subjectResin infiltrantsen_US
dc.subjectDemineralizationen_US
dc.subjectEnamel caries.en_US
dc.titleResin infiltrants - A reviewen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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