{"id":1393,"date":"2022-08-17T20:41:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T20:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2023-08-09T10:07:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T10:07:14","slug":"popup-sealants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/?p=1393","title":{"rendered":"Popup-Sealants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"sealants1\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"popupimg alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Young-Boy.webp\" alt=\"Woman looking at digital xrays and smiling in a dental chair\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading-tertiary02\">Sealants<\/h3>\n<p>Cavities are one of the most significant risks for patients of any age but even more so for children. Major factors in this are the pits and fissures common on the surface of our teeth. These areas a more susceptible to decay as food debris can become stuck and then missed by your daily brushing.<\/p>\n<p>Our team of\u00a0Salt Lake City dentists\u00a0has a fantastic preventive solution: Dental Sealants.<\/p>\n<p>Sealants consist of a transparent material that is painted onto your teeth and fills the uneven areas on your tooth surface. The material fills the pits and fissures blocking debris and making it easy for you to successfully brush your teeth. This treatment has proven very helpful for both children and adults alike.<\/p>\n<p>The placement of sealants starts with your dentist isolating the tooth and cleaning away saliva, debris, and any plaque. He\u2019ll then carefully paint on the sealant and smooth out your tooth surface. Once dried the sealant is ready to go!<\/p>\n<p>Sealants\u00a0can be cared for as you would your natural teeth and are checked during your regular six-month exams. If cared for properly, sealants can last a long time as they fight against the risk of cavities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sealants Cavities are one of the most significant risks for patients of any age but even more so for children. Major factors in this are the pits and fissures common on the surface of our teeth. These areas a more susceptible to decay as food debris can become stuck and then missed by your daily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[279],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596,"href":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393\/revisions\/2596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacydental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}