As he walked along the corridors, attender kithmen applied clear sealant to the deck where the Mage-Imperator's feet had touched, as if he had somehow consecrated the metal.

Applying sealant is a simple and painless process.

When he got there, Dorn was busy tending to a couple of the Glory's crewmen, applying sealant to their wounds.

The 61-year-old worker, who applies sealant on Camrys, Solaras and Avalons in the paint room, is planning to retire next January after 17 years at Toyota's factory here, to tend his horses and teach at his local church in nearby Cynthiana.

Dr. Moss also recommended that dentists apply dental sealant on the biting surfaces of the teeth.

Then he'd applied sealant to the scratches on Theo's bare legs and arms, earned while she tried to squeeze into wrecked cabins to aid survivors.

On a practical level, Case Western dental students visit the public schools, where half the children have never seen a dentist, to apply sealant to the teeth of the 15,000 second and sixth graders.

"In the villages there is little income," said Siddu Matheapattu, 24, in between applying sealant to refrigerator frames.