Q. Been going to the same dentist for a few years. At my latest cleaning, he found a few sticky spots on two back teeth. He felt it was the beginning of decay and that if he put on plastic coatings ...

Dental sealants that contain selenium may stop caries-causing bacteria from forming on and below a sealed tooth, possibly paving a new way to help prevent tooth decay, according to a study recently ...

Would you rather prevent a disease from happening or treat it once it happens? As an ECU School of Dental Medicine student and NC Schweitzer Fellow, I see first-hand the important role dental sealants ...

Sealants are thin, durable coatings applied to the back teeth, where decay most often begins. These molars have natural ...

Some 40% of all U.S. states are falling well short of federal goals to provide dental sealants to high-risk children via school-based programs, according to the latest report from the Pew Center on ...

The Hawai‘i Keiki-HDS Dental Sealant Program provides oral health assessments and dental sealants at no cost and brings licensed dentists and dental hygienists to schools to minimize students’ time ...