Is dental sealeant good for small baby?

First I have heard about teeth being sealed!

This was all happening six months ago. By now the teeth will either be sealed or not.

I missed that. A seven-year-old is a small baby?

The original poster is posting from Tennessee, and as well as asking about dental sealant she is asking our opinion of a named dentist there. That is impossible for us to comment on.

Just how small is this seven year old?

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My girls had dental sealants when they were young for the same reasons as yours kittylester. I'm sure my youngest daughter in particular would have terrible problems without having it done. Prevention was better than cure Iin her case I think.

this scientific article here confirms that it is safe.

I asked about it for my kids' teeth. Our dentist said they didn't need it because they didn't have pitty teeth. DD1 still has perfect teeth in her mid-thirties and DD2, even when she needed a small filling recently, was told she had 'beautiful' teeth. So it seems that dentist back in the late eighties was right.

A long time ago, ours had sealant (maybe light cured?) as they had very deep pits and fissures! They all have really good teeth!

Well, as they would charge in the USA one of my thoughts would be that it may not be necessary, just a money-making exercise. However, as it seems fairly standard practice in the UK nowadays there would seem to be some benefit in it.
However, I have not heard of it being carcinogenic.
Then again, amalgam contains mercury doesn't it?

I believe it is offered by the school dentists in Australia but so far the private practice DGS goes to has not mentioned it at all.

Thank you so much Ana & Cari for sharing your experience. I have an final appointment with doctor on next Monday.
Is there any serious question which I should clear before treatment?

Right. But no-one over here in the UK (England to you?) can tell you anything about dentists thousands of miles away in TN.

Hii Elegran,

The thing is I live in TN & I am not taking about Cumberland city. I am talking about Cumberland Dentistry, that's dental hospital in TN. I have heard it from one of my friend but we don't have an experience with them.

Ah! My first thought was Cumberland UK. Just as Mollymatz first thoughts are of US dentists.

Cumberland Dentistry provides Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics for Clarksville, Smyrna, Cookeville, Lawrenceburg, and White House, Elegran, which is probably what the OP is referring to.

Cumberland is a region of Britain and a long way from Tennessee, mollymatz. That is why you are confused.

Could you look a bit closer to home for advice, on your own side of the Atlantic?

any other dentists near Tennessee ?
There are very few American members, in fact I can only think of one
Welcome to GN

The sealants are basically the same plastics(BisGMA resins) as composite (white) fillings.
The first permanent molars usually erupt around 6 years old so if a child has had decay in the baby teeth, sealants might be advised.
I think in this country fluoride varnish is more likely to be used, but the best method of prevention is a good diet!

Thanks to all,

So I think sealant want potent cancer-causing xenoestrogens. I think I should go with dentist but I am little confused with Cumberland Dentistry.

Does any one had any experience with them or any other dentist near Tennessee..?

A baby or 7 year old? I think a lot of dentists seal the 2nd molars once they are through.

Mine had their permanent molars sealed in their early teens. What is the point of having milk teeth sealed? As far as I know my DSs, thirty years later, still have very good teeth. They don't necessarily tell me their full dental history!

Take the child to see a Dentist not just a doctor of medicine. Do they perhaps mean the sort of sealant designed for sensitive teeth?

Sounds a bit young. My children had their teeth sealed once their 2nd teeth were through in their early teens.
JaneA where are you??

What does your dentist say?