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[โ€“] bluebooby@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My wife works in dental insurance so I asked her. She said for the general public, the effectiveness of the sealant decreases as the client ages, because an adult's tooth is more smooth than a child's. So there's a critical age where the cons outweighs the pros.