How important is fissure sealant on children's teeth?

[sofia31]

At £200 per child, is this worth doing? No NHS dentist anymore and had a big shock at the new private dentist. This isn't a one off either, as the back teeth aren't all through yet. Plus everything else they want eg £78 for a quick scale that the NHS used to do in a 10 minute checkup. Feeling rather concerned for the future but appreciate we are lucky not to have paid up until now.

My kids got the banana painted on solution at the school dentist , in Scotland they get “ Childsmile “ dentist visits at the actual school.
They got the fissure sealant at their actual dentist practice as part of their 6 monthly check ups , I was told it helps to prevent
future cavities. My DC all have very good teeth , no fillings , 6 monthly check ups , no issues , so I’m happy with anything preventative and also v thankful it’s been Free on nHS Scotland .

No, if they had an actual cavity I would get it filled. I was saying that as they don’t and the sealants are unnecessary to them right now and have been so far, we don’t want them to have them.