No matter how much you've coached your kids to brush and floss their teeth, their dentist might throw you for a loop by suggesting your kid get a dental sealant. This thin, plastic coating painted on ...

Just had a dental filling? You might be chewing on bisphenol A (BPA), a common plastics ingredient that could have harmful effects on your health. While the evidence is still sparse, the chemical is ...

Dental sealants are a dental treatment used to prevent dental decay (caries) or cavities especially among young kids. The decay is a result of breakdown of teeth due to activities of bacteria.

Would you rather prevent a disease from happening or treat it once it happens? As an ECU School of Dental Medicine student and NC Schweitzer Fellow, I see first-hand the important role dental sealants ...