TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) - Free and low cost dental services provided to kids and their parents have saved the state millions of dollars. More than 65 percent of county health offices provide ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged U.S. schools Tuesday to bring in dental specialists to apply sealants on kids’ molars to help reduce cavities. Research suggests dental ...

Parents who wonder if dental sealants make a difference or not when it comes to protecting their kids from cavities will be glad to know they do reduce tooth damage, a new report shows. Federal health ...

Dental sealants could prevent up to 80% of cavities in permanent molars, yet a substantial number of US children don't get sealants, especially those from low-income families, federal health officials ...

The United States is making progress but is still a long way from the goal of providing dental sealants to every child who needs them, according to the Pew Center on the States. The authors of the ...

An inexpensive, cavity-fighting liquid called silver diamine fluoride (SDF) works as well as dental sealants to keep tooth decay at bay in a school cavity prevention and treatment program, according ...

Sep. 6—A program providing free in-school dental screenings and dental sealants to children at high-need Title I public elementary schools will continue thanks to a grant from the Hawaii Dental Serv ...

Over the last few decades, several advances have been made in caries prevention. Along with systemic and topical fluoride, the increased acceptance and use of pit and fissure sealants has had an ...

How can elementary schools save nearly $50 per student? By bringing in dental professionals to put sealants on their molars, federal health officials said Tuesday. If that doesn’t sound like an ...

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 ...

The Hawai‘i Keiki-HDS Dental Sealant Program provides oral health assessments and dental sealants at no cost and brings licensed dentists and dental hygienists to schools to minimize students’ time ...