I would not try to have the sealants removed (most fall off anyway!) My position is to help children and adults AVOID dental filling materials - all of them.

Often people think “OH! It is only a filling……/only a sealant” and they believe that this is going to fix everything. Now you have the sealants on your son’s teeth I would leave them. There are three important points:

1. Realize that sealants do not stop dental disease - they just block up the crevices in the molar teeth - so if your son is not looking after his teeth they will simply decay in other places- and later need filling. Sealants are not any guarantee against tooth decay or future fillings - they are just temporary “crevice-blockers”!

2. Try to have your children understand that dental disease is not caused by food - but by bacteria that grow in an acidic mouth. Acidity can come from drinks like soda as well as acidic or sugary candy, snacks and even some sugar free or apparently healthy things. Eating 6.5 grams of xylitol each day will virtually eradicate the harmful bacteria that grow in an acidic mouth and cause cavities. If your children use my suggested mouth rinses along with xylitol, their teeth will become smooth, shiny, healthy, brighter and whiter-looking.

3. Use my program to give your family healthier teeth. If you do the suggested rinses and xylitol together it does not matter your age - young kids will grow up with perfect teeth, older patients can stop tooth decay and start to have a fabulous new look after 6 months on the program. Even elderly people with damaged teeth can reverse many of their problems and tooth staining.

Ellie Phillips, DDS

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