Dental sealants prevent cavities : effective protection for children: Vital signs: 2016 October

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• Description:
  Dental sealants are thin coatings that when painted on the chewing surfaces of the back teeth (molars) can prevent cavities for many years. School-age children (ages 6-11) without sealants have almost 3 times more 1st molar cavities than those with sealants. Although the overall number of children with sealants has increased over time, low-income children are 20% less likely to have them and 2 times more likely to have untreated cavities than higher-income children. Untreated cavities can cause pain, infection, and problems eating, speaking, and learning. States can help millions more children prevent cavities by starting or expanding programs that offer dental sealants in schools.
  
  CS267223
  
  2016-10-vitalsigns.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dental Caries/prevention & Control Dental Cements Pediatric Dentistry Pit And Fissure Sealants
• Series:
  Vital Signs
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  4 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5a9d0ab67aff6a2d2e2d7093d5db26798b90ba8fad2ef98272770cc65d06a30bf4b0dc50efddb473f3b489b85206b50d9559fb71f598d810adf54b00d6fd4b95
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41714/cdc_41714_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.37 MB ]