Very often, the chewing surfaces of the back teeth have pronounced morphology, such as deep grooves, pits and fissures, which causes food to accumulate in areas that are difficult to clean during oral hygiene. This leads to the production of acids and bacteria, which cause tooth decay.<\/p>\n
This problem can be prevented with sealants.<\/p>\n
Sealants are a thin layer of liquid resin that we apply to the chewing surfaces of the molars and premolars, and more rarely to the lingual surfaces of the anterior teeth. The material is then light-cured so that it hardens.<\/p>\n
They are applied to permanent teeth that do not have decay. In extremely rare cases, they may be applied to teeth with very small carious lesions, although we usually recommend a regular filling in such cases.<\/p>\n
At what age are they most effective?<\/strong><\/p>\n Preventive fillings help prevent tooth decay in the permanent teeth of children and adolescents. Therefore, the earlier they are placed, the better, as they can reduce the risk of tooth decay by up to 80%.<\/p>\n However, adults are also often suitable candidates if the morphology of their teeth requires it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many times the chewing surfaces of the back teeth have a pronounced morphology (strong dents, holes and fissures), resulting in food accumulating there, making it difficult to remove during oral hygiene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1163,"parent":0,"template":"","service-type":[49],"class_list":["post-1162","services","type-services","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","service-type-preventive-dentistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentaliasclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services\/1162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentaliasclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentaliasclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/services"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentaliasclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentaliasclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentaliasclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-type?post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}