Are sealants applied to first and second permanent molars good for children and adults?
Yes. Delta Dental maintains a long-term warehouse of claims from its 54 million members around the country. Research on these claims and outcomes suggests that both children and adults who receive sealants experience up to an 80 percent reduction in the incidence of cavities over the five-year period in which the study was conducted. It appears that not only the molars benefit, and that the overall incidence of cavities is reduced as well.
