About the Authors

Steffen Mickenautsch

neem@global.co.za

Affiliation Systematic Review initiative for Evidence-based Minimum Intervention in Dentistry/Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Veerasamy Yengopal

Affiliation Systematic Review initiative for Evidence-based Minimum Intervention in Dentistry/Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

Author SM declares that he has been actively involved in the promotion; teaching and research of HVGIC based fissure sealants in the past (from 1998 – 2007). Author VY declares that he has no conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM. Performed the experiments: SM VY. Analyzed the data: SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM VY. Wrote the paper: SM VY.