Remember the old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? As it turns out, that’s a great way to describe how the use of sealants has impacted dental patients over the past few decades. Dental sealants were first developed in the 1960s and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the early 1970s. By the 1980s many dentists were offering sealant … [Read more...]