Pits and fissures are on the teeth. Whenever you look at your teeth in the mirror, whether it is the upper or lower teeth, there will be a small area of ??unevenness on the tooth surface where the teeth bite. Uneven grooves, these grooves are pits and grooves.

Although it is abnormal to grind your teeth at night, its principle is similar to that of eating normally. Teeth grinding means chewing and digesting the food residue in the teeth. These food residues are mainly hidden in the pits and fissures. Because the food residues hide in the concave places of the pits and fissures, they are not easy to detect and are not easy to clean out when brushing your teeth. Over time, food particles corrode teeth, leading to cavities and cavities.

Fissure sealing is to use some synthetic materials to fill the uneven tooth surface to make it smooth. The filling material commonly used by dentists at present is a polymer material. This polymer material is non-toxic and harmless, even if it is not adhesive. If the glue is accidentally eaten, it will not harm the health of the person who has the dental filling. Applying polymer materials to the pits and fissures is equivalent to putting a protective cover on the teeth.

The best time for pit and fissure sealing is when all the child’s teeth have grown in, but the cavities have not yet begun to grow or have just begun to sprout. In order to reduce cavities in children, it is actually a good choice to perform pit and fissure sealing on children. After the pit and fissure sealing is completed, parents should also let their children brush their teeth morning and night, and remember to take their children for regular dental check-ups.

It is worth noting that not every child is suitable for pit and fissure sealing. Therefore, parents should fully consider the following situations before considering whether to perform pit and fissure sealing on their children. operate. In general, deep pits and fissures, especially those that can trap the probe, include suspected caries in children. Secondly, other teeth in the patient's mouth, especially those with the same name on the opposite side who have caries or are prone to caries, should perform pit and fissure sealing at this time.

For those clinical children, their teeth can reach a better occlusal plane after eruption. At this time, you can try to seal the pits and fissures based on the actual situation of the child's body. The generally recommended operation time is ideally within 4 years after the teeth erupt. Many people may still have relatively little understanding of the sealing operation. It is generally believed that the best time for children to seal their deciduous molars is 3-4 years old, the first permanent molars are 6-7 years old, and the second permanent molars are 11-11 years old. 13 years old, bicuspid 9-13 years old. In addition, for those children with poor oral hygiene conditions, it may be appropriate to consider relaxing the age of pit and fissure sealing in children.