Fissure Sealants

Your child’s health is always an important concern of parents, and having healthy teeth is necessary for your child’s well-being. It is important to pay attention to the baby teeth of your child and take care of their permanent teeth for them to have a long healthy journey as they grow up.

However, no matter how much you hassle your children to brush, small dental problems can still occur. Fissure sealants can be used to cover and protect any pits or grooves in your child’s teeth to ensure they have the best oral health, throughout their childhood and adult life.

Generally, all the molars have grooves and curves between their peaks, and due to them being narrow, it can be hard to clean these spots properly. If the grooves are not cleaned properly, food is retained in them and will cause cavities. These fissures or grooves are the main parts of the tooth used for chewing, so there is a higher chance that food gets stuck there.

You don’t need to worry about this if these grooves are sealed. Dental sealant materials are strong enough to save your teeth. Sealing material acts as a mask to stop bacteria and pieces of food in those deep parts of the tooth. Dental Sealant does not replace the brushing, flossing, or Dental Scaling processes, but it improves the strength of the tooth to resist getting decay from food bacteria.

The best time for dental sealant treatment is when your child reaches the sixth year of their life and right after the first adult molars come up. It is better for the teeth to get this treatment as soon as possible before those cavity-causing bacteria begin to reside on the deep grooves of the tooth.