Results
At the beginning of the study, 38 children with 59 erupted first permanent molars were recruited from December 2020 to February 2021(Fig. Flow diagram representing flow of participants until 12 months in the studyComparison of Mean Age, Baseline Mean DMFT and dmft scores between the groupsComparison of frequencies of various characteristics of the groups at baseline*Fisher’s Exact testThe follow-up period lasted from December 2021 to March 2022. After a one-year follow-up, 33 participants (54 molars) were evaluated using USPHS criteria. Five participants (number of molars = 5) did not report on the days of examination and were untraceable due to migration to other cities during the follow-up period. The results are shown in Table Number (percentage) of evaluated restorations for each experimental group, classified according to the modified USPHS criteria*Fisher’s Exact test