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Dental treatment during pregnancy
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Dental treatment during pregnancy in modern dentistry is absolutely safe, although it is still true that dental problems are better not to be started and easier to treat before pregnancy. But we do not really like dentists ...
The fact is that at the beginning of pregnancy there is intensive development of the fetus. There is a systemic restructuring of the woman's body. At this time the body needs a lot of calcium. If it is not enough, the child takes it from the bones and teeth of the mother.
[Indications for dental treatment during pregnancy
Dentistry during pregnancy is best done in the 2nd trimester. During pregnancy 2 times seem to the dentist: in the second and the seventh month.
To treat a teeth during pregnancy it is necessary always, when the doctor at survey finds out caries. If the teeth hurt, normal nutrition does not go. And poor nutrition during pregnancy is an unhealthy child. Sometimes the future mother is worried about gum disease, gingivitis, because of it there is an unpleasant smell from the mouth, which is felt all around. After giving birth, germs can pass from mom to baby with direct contact.
It is necessary to treat periodontitis and bleeding gums. These conditions are also associated with a lack of calcium. The dentist will carry out professional cleaning of teeth and tell you how to properly care for them to improve the condition of the gums. Take care of your gums so that the products of the disintegration of bacteria by the current of blood do not spread throughout the body.
Contraindications to dental treatment during pregnancy
Dental treatment during pregnancy has no direct contraindications. But put crowns, implants and bleach your teeth. Do not use some drugs for anesthesia, for example, lidocaine.
The optimal time to treat problem teeth is the middle of pregnancy, when the child has formed, left toxicosis, and the stomach is still small, and the woman is not so tired during the appointment with the doctor.
Pregnancy is a wonderful time, full of positive emotions. Do not give a toothache to cloud the pregnancy. Early diagnosis of caries prevents the development of pulpitis. If you miss the pulpitis, the tooth may just collapse. Filling materials in modern dentistry are absolutely safe for pregnant women. Modern drills are equipped with a cooling system that relieves pain, so that superficial caries you completely cure without anesthesia. Modern means of local anesthesia only work at the injection site. Approach to dental treatment during pregnancy is correct, and you will not lose a single tooth.
Methods of dentistry during pregnancy
Pregnant teeth are treated just like everyone else. Because of nausea, vomiting and deterioration of the mother's appetite, the future child in the womb of the mother lacks calcium, since it does not act in sufficient quantities with food, and the teeth begin to deteriorate. Be sure to carefully monitor oral hygiene during pregnancy, use dental floss and special brushes, which clean the gaps between the teeth. Do not start a dental disease. If you need to do an X-ray, do it in good clinics and always wear a protective lead apron. It will cover your stomach and pelvis. All procedures should be prescribed by the doctor in accordance with your situation. Modern equipment for images does not give a lot of exposure, it was possible to do only 1 picture at a time, and now it is allowed to 10. During pregnancy, you can not bleach and prosthetize your teeth. In particularly critical situations during pregnancy, it is allowed to remove bad teeth.