Sealants from your dentist in Southbury, CT, can help your child’s smile.
Kids love sugar and sugary treats. Unfortunately, sugar doesn’t love your child’s teeth. Sugar mixes with the natural bacteria in your child’s mouth and forms an acid. This acid can eat away tooth enamel, causing a cavity.
There is an important weapon to protect your child’s teeth from tooth decay. It’s called a dental sealant, and dental sealants are available from your dentist.
Your Southbury, CT, dentist, Dr. Gary Westerman, offers a wide range of preventive, restorative, and cosmetic dentistry services, including dental sealants, to help your child’s smile.
Dental sealants are tooth-colored or clear coatings that are placed over the deep grooves and crevices on the chewing surfaces of your child’s teeth. These deep grooves and crevices are a common place for bacteria to hide, and brushing doesn’t always clean them out.
When your child has dental sealants placed, the food debris and bacteria simply slide off the chewing surfaces of your child’s teeth. Dental sealants add one more layer of protection.
Dental sealants are placed on teeth after they have fully erupted. The perfect time for your child to have sealant treatment is:
- From 5 to 7 years old on the first permanent molars
- From 11 to 14 years old the second permanent molars
Parents and children alike love dental sealants, because they are:
- Effective; they dramatically lower the risk of tooth decay
- Quick; each tooth only takes a few minutes
- Pain-free; sealant treatment doesn’t require anesthetic
- Inexpensive; sealant treatment costs less than restorative treatment
Dental sealants can protect your child’s smile easily, quickly, and inexpensively. Your child’s smile needs every available weapon in the fight against tooth decay.
To learn more about the benefits of dental sealants and how they can protect your child’s teeth, call your Southbury, CT, dentist, Dr. Westerman. You can reach us by calling (203) 264-5630 now!