{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.dental-sealant","code":"thing-q2262083","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2262083/","name":"dental sealant","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.MAT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A dental sealant is a dental material applied to pits and fissures of tooth surfaces and hardened to form a barrier that reduces their susceptibility to dental caries.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify a dental pit-and-fissure sealant, assess its material and applied-barrier state, and determine which handling, placement or maintenance actions require supporting evidence.","scope":{"in":["Material family, formulation and supplied presentation","Intended tooth-surface use and product-specific limitations","Setting mechanism, handling window and placement dependencies","Applied coverage, retention, marginal integrity and wear","Product traceability, storage, safety evidence and instructions for use"],"out":["Patient-level caries diagnosis, risk assessment and treatment planning","The sealant-placement procedure as a clinical activity","Restorative fillings and the reconstruction of lost tooth structure","Fluoride varnishes, bonding agents and resin infiltrants as separate materials","Root-canal sealers and other materials used to seal endodontic spaces","Curing lights, isolation equipment and dental instruments"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Its documented intended use includes sealing tooth pits and fissures; a generic adhesive or protective coating does not qualify on composition alone.","Its intended function is a barrier over susceptible surface anatomy, rather than replacement of missing tooth structure as a restorative filling.","It is distinguished from fluoride varnish by its pit-and-fissure sealing role; fluoride content alone does not establish material identity.","It is distinguished from a root-canal sealer by the anatomical site and intended application.","A product with several dental uses is included only for its documented sealant use, with that use separated from its restorative or adhesive roles."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"sealant-identity-and-boundary","name":"Sealant identity and boundary","description":"Establishes what qualifies as dental sealant and which formulation or product is being described.","layers":[{"id":"intended-sealing-role","name":"Intended sealing role","description":"Defines the pit-and-fissure application that places a material within this model.","findings":[{"id":"documented-sealant-use","name":"Documented sealant use","description":"Record the stated sealing purpose and tooth-surface scope without inferring suitability from appearance or chemistry.","questions":[{"text":"What documented intended use identifies this material as a pit-and-fissure sealant?","id":"documented-sealant-use-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which uses belong to a restorative, adhesive, varnish, infiltrant or root-canal-sealer model instead?","id":"documented-sealant-use-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"formulation-and-product","name":"Formulation and product","description":"Separates the material family from a particular commercial formulation and presentation.","findings":[{"id":"formulation-identity","name":"Formulation identity","description":"Record the material family, disclosed composition and product version, including separate components before mixing.","questions":[{"text":"Which material family and disclosed constituents describe this sealant, including its filler and any fluoride-bearing components?","id":"formulation-identity-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which manufacturer documents establish the composition, presentation and formulation version being modelled?","id":"formulation-identity-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"fissure-entry-and-attachment","name":"Fissure entry and attachment","description":"Captures the material properties and interface conditions relevant to covering and attaching to intended tooth surfaces.","layers":[{"id":"flow-and-coverage","name":"Flow and coverage","description":"Describes placement behaviour relevant to fissure entry, coverage and void formation.","findings":[{"id":"placement-behaviour","name":"Placement behaviour","description":"Record measured flow behaviour and coverage observations separately from assumptions about penetration.","questions":[{"text":"What viscosity or flow measurements are available, and under which temperature, shear and working-time conditions?","id":"placement-behaviour-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"How are intended fissure coverage, trapped air and excess material assessed for this formulation?","id":"placement-behaviour-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"tooth-material-interface","name":"Tooth-material interface","description":"Records conditioning, isolation and bonding dependencies specific to the sealant.","findings":[{"id":"interface-requirements","name":"Interface requirements","description":"Link surface preparation and moisture constraints to the applicable product instructions.","questions":[{"text":"What cleaning, etching or conditioning, bonding and isolation requirements does the product specify?","id":"interface-requirements-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"What does the applicable instruction specify if saliva or other contamination occurs before setting is complete?","id":"interface-requirements-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"working-and-setting","name":"Working and setting","description":"Describes the transition from supplied material to an applied, set sealant.","layers":[{"id":"preparation-and-working-window","name":"Preparation and working window","description":"Captures preparation steps and the conditions that limit placement time.","findings":[{"id":"usable-working-state","name":"Usable working state","description":"Record component preparation, timing and evidence that the material remains usable during placement.","questions":[{"text":"Does the presentation require mixing or activation, and what ratios or timing constraints are specified?","id":"usable-working-state-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"How long is the documented working window, and how do temperature or ambient light conditions qualify that value?","id":"usable-working-state-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"setting-and-verification","name":"Setting and verification","description":"Connects the setting mechanism to required conditions and the limits of observable confirmation.","findings":[{"id":"setting-conditions","name":"Setting conditions","description":"Record product-specific setting requirements and distinguish a recorded procedure from verified material conversion or maturation.","questions":[{"text":"Which setting conditions apply, including exposure time and compatible light output where light activation is required?","id":"setting-conditions-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"What assessment supports an acceptable set state, and what aspects cannot be established by surface inspection alone?","id":"setting-conditions-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"applied-barrier-and-maintenance","name":"Applied barrier and maintenance","description":"Tracks the location and observed condition of sealant after placement.","layers":[{"id":"coverage-and-retention","name":"Coverage and retention","description":"Records which intended pits and fissures remain covered at each assessment.","findings":[{"id":"surface-specific-retention","name":"Surface-specific retention","description":"Associate retention observations with tooth, surface, assessment date and visibility limits.","questions":[{"text":"Which tooth surfaces and fissures were intended to be sealed, and which are currently observed as covered or exposed?","id":"surface-specific-retention-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which assessment method and visibility limitations support the recorded retention state?","id":"surface-specific-retention-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"defects-and-maintenance-options","name":"Defects and maintenance options","description":"Separates observed material defects from clinical diagnosis and maintenance decisions.","findings":[{"id":"barrier-condition-review","name":"Barrier condition review","description":"Record gaps, wear, fracture, voids or excess material and connect them to an appropriately reviewed next action.","questions":[{"text":"What marginal gaps, fractures, wear, voids or excess material are observed, and where?","id":"barrier-condition-review-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which observations require clinician review for monitoring, repair, replacement or assessment of the underlying tooth?","id":"barrier-condition-review-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"safety-traceability-and-evidence","name":"Safety, traceability and evidence","description":"Connects a particular sealant to its usable supply state, applicable safety information and supported performance claims.","layers":[{"id":"supply-and-safety-constraints","name":"Supply and safety constraints","description":"Records traceability and distinguishes handling hazards from evidence about the set material.","findings":[{"id":"product-use-constraints","name":"Product use constraints","description":"Link product and lot identity to expiry, storage requirements, contraindications and relevant safety documentation.","questions":[{"text":"Which lot, expiry, storage history and package condition establish the supplied material's usable status?","id":"product-use-constraints-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which documented hazards or contraindications apply to the supplied components and set material respectively?","id":"product-use-constraints-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"performance-claim-support","name":"Performance claim support","description":"Distinguishes measured material properties from clinical outcomes and promotional claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-applicability","name":"Evidence applicability","description":"Associate each performance claim with its source, formulation, endpoint and study conditions.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence supports claims about retention, sealing, caries prevention or fluoride release for this formulation or material family?","id":"evidence-applicability-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which study conditions, follow-up periods and endpoints limit transfer of that evidence to the sealant being assessed?","id":"evidence-applicability-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of dental sealant this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of dental sealant this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of dental sealant this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of dental sealant this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of dental sealant this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of dental sealant this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of dental sealant this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of dental sealant this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe dental sealants, how they protect teeth and who may benefit, from reliable dental sources.","Remind patients of check-up schedules recommended by their dentist."],"mustNot":["Recommend sealants for a particular person or assess whether they need one.","Advise anyone to apply dental sealants without a dental professional.","Spread unsupported claims about sealants harming health.","Disclose a patient's dental records without consent."],"requiresHuman":["Any decision on placing, repairing or removing sealants in a patient."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Sealants prevent tooth decay in children, and fair access matters.","Patients deserve balanced information about materials put in their mouths."],"affectedParties":["Children","Parents","Dental professionals"]},"owners":{"steward":"The dental professional who places them; regulators authorize dental materials.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q3040056","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.dental-sealant","Wikidata: Q2262083 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2262083)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Sealant material family: Resin-based, glass-ionomer-based, resin-modified glass-ionomer-based, other documented family, or unknown","Formulation and constituent identity: Documented constituents linked to chemical identities; mass fractions when disclosed","Filler content: Mass percent or volume percent, with the basis explicitly recorded; undisclosed where unavailable","Flow or viscosity: Pa·s or a documented flow-test result, with temperature, shear conditions and material state","Setting mechanism: Light-activated polymerization, chemically activated polymerization, acid-base setting, combined mechanism, or other documented mechanism","Working and setting requirements: Seconds or minutes under stated conditions; light spectrum and irradiance where applicable","Moisture and surface-preparation requirements: Product-specific requirements for isolation, conditioning, bonding and contamination management","Applied coverage and retention: Documented tooth and surface map; complete, partial, absent or indeterminate retention at a dated assessment","Marginal and surface integrity: Observed gaps, voids, fracture, wear, exposed fissures or no detected defect, with assessment method","Supply condition and traceability: Product, lot, expiry, opened date where relevant, package integrity and storage-excursion status"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["A thin clear, white or tinted coating in the grooves of back teeth."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Recognize a product's documented pit-and-fissure sealant use and distinguish neighbouring dental materials.","Compare candidate formulations against recorded surface, isolation and equipment constraints for professional review.","Check storage, expiry, mixing and setting requirements against the applicable instructions.","Record where a sealant was applied and track coverage and integrity over time.","Flag observed defects or uncertain retention for clinician assessment of maintenance options.","Trace an applied sealant to its product, lot and supporting safety or performance evidence."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Sealants can wear or chip and need checks.","Poor placement can trap decay under the coating."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["ISO 6874, Dentistry - Polymer-based pit and fissure sealants, International Organization for Standardization."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Dental sealants are used in preventive dentistry to cover pits and fissures that can retain food debris and dental plaque.","They are commonly applied to the chewing surfaces of permanent molars, particularly in children and adolescents, when a dental assessment identifies a preventive benefit.","Existing sealants are examined during dental reviews to assess whether the protective barrier remains intact."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q2262083: dental sealant","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2262083","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Dental sealant","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_sealant","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does the registry intend dental sealant to cover only pit-and-fissure materials, as assumed here, or a broader set of dental sealing materials?","Which material-family terminology adequately handles hybrid and multipurpose products without conflating their distinct intended uses?","Which assessment vocabulary can represent retention and barrier integrity across material families without treating visible retention as proof of sealing effectiveness?","Which current primary sources establish formulation-specific safety, clinical performance and any fluoride-related claims?","Which product-specific observations and compatibility evidence should support maintenance review when the original sealant formulation is unknown?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q2262083/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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