Dental Sealants Prevent Cavities, CDC Vital Signs Reports

Even though teeth cavities are quite common in children, they can be prevented. The use of dental sealants will help protect teeth from cavities.

Key takeaways:

· Dental sealants are highly effective in preventing cavities in the permanent back teeth of children.

· Children from low-income families are at high risk of teeth cavities but are less likely to have dental sealants compared to those from higher income families.

· Providing dental sealants through school-based programs to the low-income children has been projected to save up to $300 million in dental treatment costs.

State officials play an important role in increasing children’s access to school-based dental sealant programs (SPSP) in their states. Officials can target school-based sealant programs to the areas of greatest need in their state.

Read the full story here

https://www.cdc.gov/media/dpk/other/dental-sealants/vs-dental-sealants.html

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Dr. Kishanie Wijesinghe Little BDS

Dr. Kishanie Little is passionate about delivering excellent dentistry and dental restorations that are life-like and indistinguishable from natural teeth. She believes that restorations (fillings/crowns/veneers) should look beautiful – and that they should last. Dr. Little keeps abreast of new developments in restorative dentistry through post-graduate training.

Dr. Little is also an experienced Facial Aesthetistician, including Botulinum toxins (such as Botox) and Dermafillers. She appreciates how simple and subtle changes to smooth and relax muscles can “freshen” a face, to look younger.

In her personal time, she loves to cook, read, run, practice yoga and pilates, play a bad game of tennis and am now learning to play golf. She loves Art and Theatre and support the Tate Modern. She also enjoys writing and has a book in the works.