Pregnancy significantly affects the function of most systems and organs in the female body. The fact is that all available forces are distributed in such a way that a woman can safely endure and safely give birth to a child. Therefore, in the metabolic processes significantly change and can seriously affect the health and appearance of the pregnant woman. The process of calcium metabolism also changes. Most of the woman's calcium is spent on the formation of the bones, muscles, teeth and nervous system of the baby's future, and the body of the woman during this period lacks phosphorus and calcium, which causes problems with the teeth.
How long does it take to treat teeth?
It is best to plan visits to a dentist long before making a decision to have a baby. The main danger of unhealthy teeth during pregnancy is that it is necessary to use various medications, such as analgesics, analgesics and anesthesia, in the case of surgical intervention. There is a risk that these or other properties of drugs can have a very negative impact on the future baby. So if you can not cure your teeth before the pregnancy and you can not wait until the period of breastfeeding ends, you need to know exactly at what time of pregnancy it is best to treat the teeth so as not to cause serious harm to the future child.
Many dentists do not recommend that you treat your teeth before the 20th week of pregnancy. However, some experts believe that the duration of pregnancy, on which the future mother decided to treat the teeth, is of no special significance, because they consider modern medicines used for anesthesia (they can be dangerous for the future baby), have become completely harmless to the health of the mother and child .
It's one thing to choose the timing, which is best to treat the teeth and completely different, if the teeth have to be removed. As a result of removal of the tooth in the open sinus, an inflammatory process sometimes occurs and there is a risk of infection in the mother and, consequently, the child.
Anesthesia in the treatment of teeth during pregnancy
This situation is quite common and is not a big problem. Modern drugs for anesthesia, based on articaine ("Ultracaine", "Ubistezin"), act exclusively locally and penetrate through the placental barrier can not, because harm to the fetus does not cause. In addition, such drugs significantly reduced the level of vasoconstrictors or they are not present at all (eg, anesthetics based on mepivacaine). Thus, there is no need to receive stress, suffering pain during dental treatment, you just need to use modern anesthetics.
Tooth extraction during pregnancy
If the dentist says that it is useless to treat the tooth, you need to remove it. This procedure is a surgical operation, however, this during pregnancy does not cause any special difficulties. The operation is performed under local anesthesia. From the pregnant woman it is required only unconditional fulfillment of all medical recommendations (it is forbidden to rinse or warm up the place of operation, etc.), so that complications do not arise.
The exception is "wisdom teeth". Removing them is somewhat more difficult, often additional surgical manipulations are required, and the doctor subsequently prescribes antibiotics. So, if possible, the removal of "wisdom teeth" is better to postpone for later.
Prosthetic dentistry during pregnancy
There are no contraindications to prosthetic teeth during pregnancy. Most often the procedures performed by an orthopedic dentist are painless and safe and the future mother can devote her free time to improving the beauty of her smile.
Do not implant the teeth during pregnancy. The fact is that in the process of engrafting implants from the body, significant costs are required, and they are necessary for the development of a future child. In addition, often during the engraftment process, it is necessary to take medications that reduce the reactivity of the body, and during pregnancy it is strictly contraindicated.