How are Dental Sealants Placed?

Dental sealants are made up of thin plastic material which is used to prevent the formation of plaque caused by bacteria on tooth. Generally plaque is formed at the backside tooth because those teeth contains grooves.

When we eat food items, some food substances are remained in these grooves and forms the plaque which can lead to tooth decay. In order to prevent the formation of tooth decay, dental sealants are placed on the surfaces of the backside tooth to protect against the germs.

Placing a dental sealant in back side tooth is so simple and painless a procedure and doesn't require much time and effort. First of all, the teeth surface are cleaned with a paste by the dentist. Then the teeth are washed with water and dried using a cotton. Then an acid solution is put on the grooves surfaces of the teeth for roughening them so that the sealant can attach to the surface of the teeth. Acid solution on the teeth surface is dried and then a liquid sealant is put on the tooth surface. These dental sealants is placed on the tooth surface and hardened with the help of curing light. This sealant acts as a hard plastic coating for your teeth. You can normally eat whatever you used to eat.

Mainly dental sealants are applied to teeth that are at back in your mouth. Cleaning of this teeth is very difficult because the grooves of the tooth surface is so narrow and also the brush cannot reach to it.