{"id":330,"date":"2011-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/protect-teeth-cavities-dental-sealants\/"},"modified":"2011-11-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T00:00:00","slug":"protect-teeth-cavities-dental-sealants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/protect-teeth-cavities-dental-sealants\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Your Teeth From Cavities With Dental Sealants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-284\" src=\"http:\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistryblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/i00015_DentistChild856.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"676\" \/>OK&#8230;WE KNOW THE TOPIC \u201cDENTAL SEALANTS\u201d SOUNDS PRETTY DULL<\/span><\/strong><em>\u2014but don\u2019t let the name fool you!<\/em> This simple and quick procedure is one of the easiest things we can do to prevent cavities and tooth decay.  <strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a title=\"Meet Dr. Lynch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonhighlandsdentistry.com\/about-our-office\/meet-dr-lynch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Lynch<\/a> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>recommends sealants as preventive dental care for children because their teeth have small depressions in them that make them harder to properly clean through brushing alone. <em><strong>Sealants provide protection for these small depressions and grooves <\/strong><span style=\"font-style: normal\">by keeping plaque from<\/span><\/em> forming in the small crevices. Adults can also be good candidates for dental sealants.  Getting <strong><a title=\"Our Services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonhighlandsdentistry.com\/dental-services\/cosmetic-dentistry\/\" target=\"_blank\">dental sealants<\/a><\/strong> only takes a quick visit to\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Visit Our Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonhighlandsdentistry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">our office<\/a><\/strong>. After your teeth are properly cleaned and prepped, we paint the sealing solution directly onto the tooth surfaces and then harden it by a curling light. Once the sealant is hardened we send you on your way\u2014<em>you don&#8217;t even have to wait to eat and drink<\/em><em>. <\/em>After your sealants have been applied\u00a0<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a title=\"Meet Dr. Lynch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonhighlandsdentistry.com\/about-our-office\/meet-dr-lynch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Lynch<\/a> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>will keep tabs on them through routine dental checkups to ensure that they remain in good condition.  [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jP9NoU1NHE0&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en_US&#038;rel=0]  <strong>The price of dental sealants can often be covered by insurance companies, and they can last up to 10 years\u2014<\/strong>making an application from childhood last well into adulthood. See if dental sealants are right for you or your children by filling out <strong><a title=\"Contact Our Practice\" href=\"http:\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistryblog.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">our contact form<\/a><\/strong>. Also feel free to direct message us on <strong><a title=\"Visit Our Twitter Profile\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/HHDentist\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a title=\"Visit Us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HudsonHighlandsDentistry\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> <\/strong>with your questions.  <a title=\"Dr. Lynch on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HudsonHighlandsDentistry\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/mysocialpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/i00210_N_findingFB55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OK&#8230;WE KNOW THE TOPIC \u201cDENTAL SEALANTS\u201d SOUNDS PRETTY DULL\u2014<\/strong>but don\u2019t let the name fool you!&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[176],"tags":[186,202,177,222,180,182,183,184,194],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-beautiful-smiles","tag-cavity-prevention","tag-cosmetic-dentistry","tag-dental-sealants","tag-dr-john-t-lynch","tag-hudson-highlands-dentistry","tag-middletown","tag-ny-10940","tag-preventive-care","category-176","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}