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 ...

Treating the molars of young children with sealant enables them to stay caries-free longer, while potentially saving the U.S. health system an estimated $149 million per year, according to a study ...

CHAPEL HILL – Dental sealants -- the plastic coatings applied to children’s teeth to reduce cavities -- cut the number of fillings and extractions children from poorer North Carolina families needed ...

May 23--Devan Toberman sat near two third-grade girls this month at Bluff View Intermediate School in Prairie du Chien. "I've got chocolate, vanilla or strawberry," she said. "We've got a Neapolitan ...

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 ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is celebrating National Children’s Dental Health Month by announcing a $320,000 grant from the Delta Dental Foundation (DDF) to sustain and expand ...

Student clinicians provided free cleanings and sealants to San Antonio kids during National Children’s Dental Health Month.

POCATELLO — Beginning Sept. 10, Irving Middle seventh and eighth graders can receive free dental sealants and fluoride varnish to help prevent cavities, as part of Delta Dental of Idaho's Grins on the ...

Hawaii Dental Service Foundation has provided a $133,447 grant to continue a public school dental sealant program that screened more than 650 students on Maui, Kauai and Oahu last school year, with ...