Fissure Sealing should be processed at 6 to 9 years old

What is ‘six year molars’

The first molars will erupt when child is 6 years old, whose long development process includes: teeth germ form when fetus is around 3 to 4 months, then once baby is born it begins to calcify, when baby is around 2 or 3 years old, it finishes calcify, eventually when child is 6 or 7 years old, it erupts from oral cavity. In general, there are four first molars and two teeth each side. Because the first molars is sprouting when child is around 6 years old, it is also called ‘six year molars’.

What is Fissure Sealing?

‘six year molars’ are not firm, plus uneven occlusal surface without attrition and deep fissure, thus it can easily  ‘six residue accumulation and dental plaques. Thereby, ‘six year molars’ would be eroded by the acid metabolite given out by bacteria, dental caries coming into being. Many parents will take child to see dentist. The dentist will suggest smearing a layer of resin material on the surface of the ‘six year molars’ to prevent the teeth from being eroded by cariogenic bacteria and acid metabolite.

Therefore, sealing the deep fissure before dental caries happening can avoid the residue accumulation, dental plaque, and dental caries.

Steps of Fissure Sealing

      Steps of fissure sealing includes tooth cleaning, acid etching, rinsing and drying, coating fissure sealants and solidifying. When materials solidified and boned with fissure, a certain pressure will take place but it won’t obstruct children’s eating foods.

What’s more, materials after solidifying is nontoxic and won’t do harm to human body.

‘six year molars’ is of Importance & High Ratio of Dental Caries

Non Replaceable

Many parents regard ‘six-year molars’ as milk teeth and think they can be replaced, which thereby results in the ignorance of the dental caries on ‘six-year molars’. Pay attention! ‘six-year molars’ are non replaceable.

Normal Facial Development

Because of the wide and firm angle bifurcation of root, ‘six-year molars’ with largest crown and maximum cusps became strongest among all permanent teeth.

       Moreover, ‘six-year molars’ as the main support of dental arch, located at the middle of dental arch. It is of great significant to regular alignment and correct occlusion as well as normal facial development.

The Greatest Chewing Function

Four ‘six-year molars’ is the first permanent teeth in human’s life. They have the largest occlusal areas and play a great role in chewing function. So parents should help baby protect them well.

Dental Caries Can Easily Occurs on ‘six year molars’

The main oral disease for children is dental caries. Statistics shows that 29% of 12 year-old kids suffer from dental caries and 60% occurs on ‘six year molars’. Once ‘six-year molars’ was decayed, toothache will affect kid’s appetite, chewing and digest function and growth.

Dental decay without timely treatment will cause pulpitis, alveolar abscess and jaws osteomyelitis. Serious systemic diseases related to rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, nephritis, endocarditis also might be induced.

Dental Care Relies on Oral Hygiene and Timely Treatment

Most of dental diseases of adult actually are the derivative diseases of childhood caries. Hence, preventing the ‘six year molars’ from dental caries is essential to the later dental diseases. Moms and days should keep this point in mind.

1. Oral Hygiene

On average, babies are taught to form a good habit of rinsing mouth and brushing teeth When they are two years old.

2. Regular Examination

Mom should pay attention to kid’ s ‘six year molars’ and try to insist on examination every half a year. Mom should take the kid to see dentist and to receive fissure sealing.

3. Fixing Dental Caries in Time

If child have serious caries and dead pulp, do not make quick decision of tooth extraction. If possible, parents should ask dentist operate root canal treatment for the child. Metal crown is recommended if tooth body is damaged.

If tooth aren’t able to be reserved, fitting artificial tooth after extraction to replace the missing tooth. In a word, parents should follow dentist’s suggestion.

4. Wearing ‘protective coat’ for ‘six year molars’

Due to the character of appearing earliest, deep fissures, poor mineralization, easily to make residues accumulation, plus if kid didn’t form a good habit of tooth brushing and prefer to eat sweets and snacks, dental decays are more likely occurred on the ‘six year molars’.