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 ...

Cavities are one of the most common dental problems in children, but a simple, painless treatment called a dental sealant can offer lasting protection. Typically, sealants are recommended for children ...

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 ...

An inexpensive, cavity-fighting liquid called silver diamine fluoride (SDF) works as well as dental sealants to keep tooth decay at bay in a school cavity prevention and treatment program, according ...

School-based dental sealant programs, in which students receive preventative oral care while at school, are cost-effective in protecting at-risk children's permanent teeth from decay, new research ...

The North Idaho College Dental Hygiene Program is offering a free dental sealant clinic for people of all ages from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the NIC Dental Hygiene Clinic in the Winton ...

Over the buzz of oral suction devices, Annette M. Russell spoke to two dental hygiene program students as they used a light to set sealant they just applied to several teeth of their young patient.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 6—A program providing free in-school dental screenings and dental sealants to children at high-need Title I public elementary ...