Ionia Family Dentistry - Dentists Lowell T. Swartz, DDS & Rosanna W. Wong, DDS

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Sealants

Sealants

Sometimes brushing is not enough. Everyone has hard-to-reach spots in their mouth and brushing doesn’t always fully clean the deep grooves in your teeth – especially in children. When that happens, you are at risk getting cavities in those grooves. Putting sealants on your teeth provides a barrier on the most common area for cavities – the biting surface.

A dental sealant is a coating that bonds to the deep grooves in your tooth’s chewing surface. When sealing a tooth, the grooves of your teeth are filled and the tooth surface becomes smoother — and less likely to harbor cavity causing bacteria. With sealants, tooth brushing becomes easier and more effective against tooth decay.

Sealants are usually applied to children’s teeth as a preventative measure during the years they are more prone to tooth decay. However, adult’s teeth can also be sealed. It is more common to seal "permanent" teeth rather than "baby" teeth, but every person has unique needs. Ionia Family Dentistry will recommend sealants on a case-by-case basis. Sealants generally last many years. It is fairly common to see adults with sealants still intact from their childhood.

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