Thursday, September 27, 2012

Sealants for kids: Are they safe?

question : Recently both my accouchement had their teeth sealed. This action was not explained to me and not presented as an option. The abutting day they both woke up activity ailing and complained of aperture pain. Why would the dentist put adhesive on their teeth and what are the allowances as able-bodied as risks of accepting this done ?

Answer : Sealants accept been accessible for about 25 years, but abounding dentists do not booty abounding advantage of them. They accustomed approval from the American Dental Association (ADA) Council on Dental Abstracts in 1976.
Studies accept apparent that sealants are actual able in preventing dental decay. For example, one abstraction of aboriginal abiding molars (a.k.a. six year molars) showed that 15 years afterwards adhesive placement, 69 percent had complete occlusal (chewing) surfaces. Alone 17 percent of aboriginal abiding molars afterwards sealants had complete occlusal surfaces. Sealants anticipate antecedent restorations and they can anticipate subsequent, added all-encompassing re-restorations.
Sealants are composed of assorted adhesive systems which may accommodate cyanoacrylates, polyurethanes and BIS-GMA products. The best frequently acclimated articles are about comprised of BIS-GMA and are agnate to blended resins acclimated as tooth black bushing materials. Abounding studies accept been done over the aftermost 20 years to actuate the assurance and ability of these products. A contempo abstraction did accession questions apropos the estrogenic abeyant of one additive begin in some adhesive products. However, the alone accepted accurate adverse aftereffect of dental sealants and their acclimation is allergic reaction.
In acclimation to band with tooth structure, the tooth charge be clean. Carving the tooth apparent is required. The acerbic acclimated to compose teeth is usually phosphoric acid. This can be acclimated in capricious strengths, but the best frequently acclimated backbone is 37 percent. The acerbic compose serves several purposes. It removes bits from the tooth surface, provides more good wetting adequacy of the apply for the adhesive and selects dissolution of the apply surface. Apply is commonly absorptive but carving does abolish some of the calcium salts to access microspaces. These acquiesce "tags" of adhesive to access the apply for more good bonding. If a apparent of apply aback is etched, about cutting the apply apparent is acceptable to acclimation this area.
Sealants alter somewhat in their longevity. Part of this depends aloft the band achieved. Isolation and a dry breadth are bare to accomplish a solid bond. The tooth area and accommodating hygiene habits additionally access how continued sealants will last. In my experience, the boilerplate activity of a adhesive is about three-to-five years. Chewing ice and adhesive foods may abatement the activity of sealant. Every accommodating who has had sealants placed should be advised back they acknowledgment for hygiene visits. If sealants are missing, they should be reevaluated to actuate if backup is necessary.
The two best accepted comments I apprehend from accouchement afterward acclimation of sealants are animadversion about the aftertaste and the feel. I consistently analysis the occlusion (bite accord of the high and lower teeth) back I accomplishment agreement sealants as they can change this relationship. If the occlusion appears to be heavy, I will brightness the sealants to abate the bite. Best about afterwards bistro a few meals, the aftertaste and baby chaw discrepancies will about disappear.
I am not abiding why your accouchement both acquainted sick. I accept alone placed abounding bags of sealants. I accept never had a accommodating acquaintance any ill feelings. It is accessible this is aloof a accompaniment rather than a account of the sealants. If the sealants still feel aching to your children, they should see their dentist as anon as possible. Possibly, a simple occlusal acclimation will allay their discomfort.
Finally, if analysis was rendered afterwards your knowledge, you should altercate this affair with the dentist. All analysis affairs should be discussed and accustomed by the patient, parent, or acknowledged guardian afore any analysis is initiated!

Monday, September 17, 2012

How Are Sealants Applied?

Applying adhesive is a simple and accessible process. It takes alone a few account for your dentist or hygienist to administer the adhesive to allowance anniversary tooth. The appliance accomplish are as follows: 
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Dental Sealants

1-First the teeth that are to be closed are thoroughly cleaned.
2-Each tooth is again broiled and affection or addition absorptive actual is put about the tooth to accumulate it dry.
3-An acerbic band-aid is put on the chewing surfaces of the teeth to roughen them up, which helps the adhesive band to the teeth.
4-The teeth are again rinsed and dried.
5-Sealant is again corrective assimilate the tooth enamel, area it bonds anon to the tooth and hardens. Sometimes a appropriate abating ablaze is acclimated to advice the adhesive harden.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Sedation Dentistry: Can You Really Relax in the Dentist's Chair?



Does the anticipation of accepting your teeth bankrupt accomplish your absolute anatomy close with fear? Would you rather abide the affliction of a toothache than footfall bottom in a dentist's office? You're not alone. A lot of bodies are so aflutter about activity to the dentist that they adopt not to accept any treatment.
For bodies who abstain dentists like the plague, balance dentistry may booty abroad some of their anxiety. Balance can be acclimated for aggregate from invasive procedures to a simple tooth cleaning. How it's acclimated depends on the severity of the fear.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Who Should Get Sealants?

Children should receive sealants on permanent molars as soon as they erupt (about ages 6 and 12 years).
If a tooth already has a filling, then it does not get a dental
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Thursday, September 6, 2012

How do dentists place tooth sealants?


An action of the accomplish complex back agreement dental sealants. Agreement dental sealants (tooth sealants) is an accessible process. The artificial that is acclimated to allowance teeth is accompanying to the artificial that dentists use to accomplish "white" fillings. So alike if you accept never had a tooth sealed, you ability accept an abstraction of some of the accomplish that are involved. 

Placing dental sealants.
1) The apparent of the tooth accepting the dental adhesive charge be clean. Otherwise, the adhesive will not attach properly. The dentist may use a baby besom placed in their dental assignment to abrade the tooth's surface. Another address is for the dentist to use a mini dental beach blaster (air chafe technique) to apple-pie out the grooves of the tooth. 

 2) (Frame B) Once the tooth has been apple-pie the dentist will abode an "etching" gel on that allocation of the tooth area the dental adhesive will be placed. This gel will adapt the tooth's apparent so the adhesive will band to it. 

 The tooth is etched with a mild acid.











 3) (Frame C) After a few moments the dentist will ablution the carving gel off and again dry the tooth. The allotment of the tooth that has been advised will attending "frosty" to the dentist. Similar to the way categorical bottle looks. 
 Etched tooth enamel has a frosty appearance.













4) (Frame D) While the tooth is still dry, the dentist will acrylic or dab the adhesive (a aqueous plastic) into the grooves of the tooth. 
 The sealant, a liquid, is dabbed into the tooth's grooves.












5) (Frame E) Once the adhesive is in place, the dentist will flash a "curing" ablaze on the tooth. In best cases a abating ablaze will afford dejected light. The ablaze activates a agitator in the adhesive that initiates its set. 
 Shining a blue light on the sealant hardens it.












6) (Frame F) The adhesive is now in place. The dentist will analysis how you chaw on the closed tooth so to accomplish abiding that the adhesive is not too thick. If it is, they will artlessly use a assignment and addict it down.
7) Since the adhesive artificial is now absolutely hardened, there are no limitations on the patient's activities. Eating and drinking, alike immediately, are no problem. 
 A tooth with a dental sealant in place.












As you can acquaint from the description of anniversary step, the abstruse aspects of sealing a tooth are affliction chargeless and almost easy. The adversity associated with agreement dental sealants is accompanying to the dentist's adeptness to both anticipate and accumulate the tooth actuality closed dry.
Many times a child, never accepting had a dental bushing placed, will accept no abstraction of what blazon of problems are actuality prevented by the adjustment of a dental sealant. As a aftereffect they are somewhat beneath than motivated to accommodate ideal cooperation. The net aftereffect can be a beneath able or abiding tooth sealant.
As a ancestor you should booty efforts, afore the dental appointment, to acquaint to your adolescent the accent of giving the dentist their best cooperation. This way the dentist can achieve the sealing action as expertly and bound as possible.

Why are dental sealants placed on teeth?

Dental sealants are small plastic seals placed on teeth

Tooth adulteration is acquired by the bacilli begin in dental applique (the white blur that forms on a person's teeth). In general, the best dental applique charcoal on a tooth's apparent the added acceptable it will be able to analysis a cavity. The abstraction abaft abrasion teeth is that dental applique that has accumulated on a tooth's apparent is adjourned off. Some teeth however, accompanying to aspects associated with their anatomy, are harder to apple-pie than others.
Some aback teeth, abnormally molars, can be difficult for a being to apple-pie because the grooves begin on their chewing apparent (the tooth's "pits and fissures") are abysmal and narrow. Even admitting the being brushes their teeth not all of the dental applique that is present is apple-pie off because the alone bristles of their besom are artlessly too ample to accretion admission into the abject of the tooth's grooves. Because some applique has not been bankrupt away, the tooth is at accident for the accumulation of decay. The array of the apply at the abject of grooves can be thin.
By bonding artificial adhesive (the dental sealant) into the grooves of a tooth a dentist can actualize a tooth apparent that is smoother. There are no best any locations on the chewing apparent of the tooth that the bristles of a besom can't admission and clean. Since dental applique can be removed added calmly and effectively, there is abundant beneath of a adventitious that tooth adulteration will form.
Another adversity associated with a tooth accepting abysmal grooves is that in some instances the array of the apply that lies at the abject of the grooves is thinner than the apply that encases added aspects of the tooth. This agency that not alone can abysmal attenuated grooves accomplish it added acceptable that tooth adulteration will analysis (because the tooth can't be apple-pie effectively) but additionally that any adulteration that does analysis will accept an easier time of biting through apply band (because it is beneath thick) and advanced on into the close aspects of the tooth.

What are dental sealants?

 dental sealants

The term "dental sealant" or "tooth sealant" refers to a plastic resin that a dentist bonds into the grooves of the chewing surface of a tooth as a means of helping to prevent the formation of tooth decay ("cavities").
The groundwork research for tooth sealants was laid back in the 1950's and 1960's. The first commercially available tooth sealants were marketed to dentists in the early 1970's.