Applying fissure sealants is a simple procedure. Your dentist or dental practitioner will: clean and dry the tooth prepare the tooth surface paint on the liquid fissure sealant use a strong light to set and harden the sealant check your bite and polish off any excess sealant

Apply 37% phosphoric acid in gel or liquid form to the pits and fissures applied 2/3rd upto the cuspal incline for 20 seconds. Now wash the tooth surface and dry it. Application of Sealant: Apply the Sealant material based on the material used. Use a probe or a painting brush to guide the sealant material into the fissures.

Sealants are only applied to the back teeth - the molars and premolars. These are the teeth that have ‘pits' (small hollows) and ‘fissures' (grooves) on their biting surfaces. Your dental team will tell you which teeth should be sealed after they have examined them, and checked whether the fissures are deep enough for sealing to help.

Dry thoroughly before sealant application. The application of the sealant material requires the pits and fissures to be filled and the material placed approximately halfway-up the inclined plane of the cusp ridge (Figure 22). Any bubbles must be broken before polymerization to prevent a defect. Polymerize with a curing light.