{"id":88,"date":"2019-03-19T09:21:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T09:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/?p=88"},"modified":"2019-07-19T05:35:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T05:35:59","slug":"pit-and-fissure-sealants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/2019\/03\/19\/pit-and-fissure-sealants\/","title":{"rendered":"PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sealants\nare a safe and painless way of protecting your teeth from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentalhealth.org\/dental-decay\">tooth\ndecay<\/a>. A sealant is a protective\ncoating, which is applied to the biting surfaces of the back teeth. The sealant\nforms a hard shield that keeps food and bacteria from getting into the tiny\ngrooves in the teeth and causing&nbsp;decay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sealants\nare only applied to the back teeth &#8211; the molars and premolars. These are the\nteeth that have \u2018pits&#8217; (small hollows) and \u2018fissures&#8217; (grooves) on their biting\nsurfaces. Your dental team will tell you which teeth should be sealed after\nthey have examined them, and checked whether the fissures are deep enough for\nsealing to help. Some teeth naturally have deep grooves which will need to be\nsealed; others have shallow ones which will not need sealing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nprocess is usually quick and straightforward, taking only a few minutes for\neach tooth. The tooth is thoroughly cleaned, prepared with a special solution,\nand dried. The liquid sealant is then applied and allowed to set hard &#8211; usually\nby shining a bright light onto it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sealant forms a smooth, protective barrier by covering all the little grooves and dips in the surface of the tooth. Dental decay easily starts in these grooves if they are not sealed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/1dhGgMfaxBA2\">Visit our clinic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sealants are a safe and painless way of protecting your teeth from&nbsp;tooth decay. A sealant is a protective coating, which is applied to the biting surfaces of the back teeth. The sealant forms a hard shield that keeps food and bacteria from getting into the tiny grooves in the teeth and causing&nbsp;decay. Sealants are only &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/2019\/03\/19\/pit-and-fissure-sealants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32,9,8,30,10,18],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-best-dentist-in-pune","tag-best-dentist-near-me","tag-best-orthodontist-near-me","tag-dental-clinic-in-pune","tag-dentist-in-pune","tag-dentist-near-me"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestorthodontistbracespune.in\/DeccanDentalBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}