Pregnancy is a process where changes in the body of any woman occur. Emotional pregnancy for a woman brings positive impressions, but physiologically not everything goes smoothly. When bearing a child, one of the problems is deterioration of the teeth.
Problems with teeth in pregnant women
A baby growing inside a pregnant woman needs more nutrients for its full development, so that it develops fully. And if from the mother he does not receive nutrients, he begins to take them. First of all, it concerns calcium for the formation of bones.
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The condition of the teeth worsens due to a small disturbance in the body of a pregnant woman in calcium metabolism. From a small hole becomes a deep cavity, or you can lose a tooth. Lack of calcium is obtained because of an unbalanced diet or as a result of some pathologies.
No less serious problem is gingivitis, when there is inflammation of the gums, caused by changes in the hormone fund during pregnancy. If it is not treated, the periodontitis causes bleeding gums when brushing your teeth and while eating. But it does not end with just one toothache. Between the gums and teeth there is space, teeth begin to stagger. In the emerging cavity, slices of food are slaughtered, which, decomposing, contribute to the development of caries.
You can reduce the bleeding gums, if you change the toothbrush to softer, do finger massage of the gums, rinse your mouth with calendula, sage or chamomile. Women who live in large metropolitan areas are better off not using fluorine-containing pastes. By itself this paste is not a threat and is useful for teeth, but together with fluoridated water can cause destruction of enamel during pregnancy. But enamel is not only destroyed due to an increase in fluoride, but can be caused by a love for cold or hot food. For example, when hot coffee is washed down with cold mineral water or cold ice cream is washed down with hot coffee. Enamel does not like when it is subjected to hard objects, you can not pick your teeth with sharp objects, gnaw nuts.
Pregnant women should brush their teeth after eating a toothbrush or chew gum for 10 minutes or eat an apple after eating. This should be done to clean plaque, and to further allocate a reserve of saliva. Then the self-cleaning mechanism works, when the saliva neutralizes the acids that have settled on the teeth after eating.
Our teeth protect saliva, it contains substances that create a barrier to unfavorable processes. During pregnancy, the composition of saliva changes, protection weakens and the number of nutrients decreases. All this affects the health of the teeth. The presence of a carious tooth is dangerous in itself. Even if there is a small hole in the tooth, this will be the focus of a dangerous infection, it can be transferred to other sites. Any infection in a pregnant woman will be a risk to the health of her unborn child.
When you come to the dentist, you need to say that you are expecting a child. There are few restrictions in the treatment of a pregnant woman, this applies to the type of X-ray, type of anesthesia and bleaching procedure. Prosthetics, filling, intervention of the surgeon and orthodontist have no contraindications. In any case, an experienced specialist before serious manipulation in the oral cavity will consult with your attending physician from whom you stand on the register. To be treated it is necessary at the stomatologist at whom you are regularly treated, and in whose qualification are assured. It is advisable that the dentist should have experience working with pregnant women.
If you want to keep your teeth healthy and do not harm the future child, the first thing to do when you find out that you are pregnant is to visit the dentist and get rid of any problems with your teeth. A pregnant woman needs to keep track of what she uses for food. You need a diet that is rich in the right substances for the body, this will guarantee the health of the future child and mother.