How Sealants Help Protect Your Teeth

How Do Sealants Help Protect My Child’s Teeth? What you need to know about dental sealants.

There are deep grooves and crevices in the chewing surfaces of your child’s molars and premolars (bicuspids). These are a normal part of your child’s dental anatomy. They are also an area of your child’s mouth that is very prone to decay. But now there is something you can do to help protect your child’s teeth. Dr. Cesar Acosta in Turlock, California is the caring dental provider who can help you protect Dental Sealantsyour child’s teeth using dental sealants.

When your child consumes sugary foods or drinks, the sugar mixes with normal bacteria in the mouth and forms an acid. This acid can eat through the dental enamel and give your child a cavity that needs treatment. Dental sealants provide a hard protective layer over deep grooves and crevices. They keep bacteria, plaque and food from entering the deep dental anatomy and causing problems.

When Dr. Acosta does a sealant treatment, he will flow a liquid plastic material onto the chewing surface of your child’s teeth. The material is hardened using a special ultraviolet curing light. The hardened material “seals up” the deep grooves and crevices.

Dr. Acosta wants you to know some of the many advantages to your child receiving dental sealants. Your child will benefit from sealants because:

  • Sealants can prevent the pain and damage from tooth decay
  • Sealants can keep your child from needing expensive fillings
  • Sealant treatment is completely painless and quick

Dental sealants are also important for you. As a parent, you will know you have done everything you can to keep your child from getting painful, damaging cavities. You should bring your child in for sealant treatment on the first molars between the ages of 5 and 7, and for the second molars between the ages of 11 and 14.

Dental sealants provide huge benefits to you and your child. Don’t wait until decay has begun. Come in and visit Dr. Cesar Acosta in Turlock, California, your neighborhood expert on dental sealants. Call today and protect your child’s smile!

Cesar Acosta DMD, Family Dentistry

1065 Colorado Ave Suite 3

Turlock, CA 95380 US

(209) 250-2560