Every mother Is very concerned about her child or children’s health and the oral health is crucial to the general health. Good teeth are necessary for a healthy person.
“PIT AND FISSURE SEALING” shall be the first step for a child or children’ dental health.
Nothing is more pleasant than a smile on your child’s or your children’ face when they eat and drink best with good oral health.
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What is dental “pit and fissure”?
More than 90% of dental caries (tooth decays or decayed teeth) occur in the occlusal surface in which foods are chewed for young boys and girls, and many rugged pits and fissures are formed due to integration of dental cusps during the dental growth process, which are called as “pits and fissures” by us and whose shapes are complicated and irregular; thus, it is very difficult to ensure pits and fissures can be fully cleaned by brushing your teeth, mouthwash and other methods and pits and fissures shall be the easiest position for occurrence of dental caries.
What is pit and fissure sealing?
It has been well known all over the world that the pit and fissure sealing is the most effective, economical and practical intervention strategy for prevention of dental caries. Those professional dentists from Meigeer Dental suggest that children below 16 years old should receive pit and fissure sealing to lower the rate of occurrence of dental caries.
Pit and fissure sealant is a kind of synthetic organic polymer resin material (which is harmless to humans); and teeth are just like being coated with a layer of protective clothing to prevent teeth being corroded by foods and bacteria after it has been pasted into dental pits and fissures and hardened; therefore, it is a kind of effective method for prevention of dental caries.
Why the pit and fissure sealing should be received?
The occlusal surfaces of new permanent molars for children are rugged, in which there are many pits and fissures to be easily pasted with bacteria and food debris leading to dental caries; moreover, these places may not be cleaned either by brushing your teeth; and dental caries may more easily occur in pits and fissures for long time, which are called as “pit and fissure dental caries”. If the pit and fissure dental caries may not be treated in time, dental caries will gradually evolve to result in occurrence of severe symptoms such as toothache; and any relatively severe decayed teeth are even necessarily removed; otherwise, your child or children’s health and growth development may be seriously influenced. According to statistics, pit and fissure dental caries may cover more than 90% of dental caries to children’s permanent teeth. Thus, performance of prevention of pit and fissure dental caries may be helpful for greatly lowering the occurrence rate of dental caries to children’s permanent teeth.
In addition, because young children generally like sweetmeats, soft diets or sticky foods, these foods may more easily pasted in teeth; moreover, the calcification effect of newly erupted teeth is not complete so that they may be more easily go bad due to corrosion of bacteria. Therefore, pit and fissure sealant should be carried out in time after eruption of the first permanent molar.
Do you know the optimal age for performance of pit and fissure sealing?
6-8 years old is the optimal age for performance of pit and fissure sealing based on the following factors: 1) eruption of the first permanent molar (namely six-year teeth) is started for children about 6 years old, which is the earliest permanent molar in the mouth cavity, which is the most important to play roles of chew function, keeping aligned teeth and normal growth of maxillofacial region and which is also a tooth for the most possible occurrence of dental caries. Thus, pit and fissure sealing should be received in time for protection of the six-year teeth shortly after its eruption; and your child or children will be benefited for life.
In addition, with your child or children’s coordination, pit and fissure sealing may be also be received by deciduous teeth (after 3 years old in general); and healthy deciduous teeth are the base for inheritance of normal eruption of permanent teeth.
Is painful to receive the pit and fissure sealing?
There is no any discomfort for performance of pit and fissure sealing. The operating procedures for the professional team of dentists from Meigeer Dental are as follows: the dental face is cleaned completely with a small hairbrush to remove those left food debris and bacteria; then dental acid etching is carried out to let pit and fissure surfaces in tiny pores for favoring penetration of pit and fissure sealant; they should be completely dried to remove moisture into pits and fissures; pit and fissure sealant is pasted and shone with a curing light for 20 seconds so that materials may be hardened. Performance of 4 six-year teeth generally needs about 20 minutes and no tissue of tooth shall be worn off; therefore, no any discomfort may occur; and it is opening his or her mouth for coordinating the dentist’s operation that your child shall only do.
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