Dental treatment during pregnancy is inevitably conjugated with danger and risk to the child, because dentists recommend to treat the teeth or undergo a preventive examination and make an x-ray of the teeth when planning pregnancy. If the pregnancy does occur before the planned treatment of the teeth or the inflammation suddenly began during the first trimester, you need to be very careful with the medication. During the treatment of teeth often requires anesthesia or X-ray of the tooth during pregnancy. What is the decision to take if anesthetics can not be used, and the tooth still hurts and at the same time presents a threat in the form of a foci of infection.
A picture of a tooth in pregnancy
Modern dentists assure that tooth X-ray on advanced diagnostic devices can not adversely affect the health of the fetus or the pregnant woman. A snapshot of the tooth during pregnancy will help diagnose a fracture of the root of the tooth, cyst, the degree of inflammation of the periodontal disease. Also successfully made X-ray of teeth during pregnancy will help to seal the curved channels. If the tooth is treated poorly and does not see the abnormal anatomy of the tooth in time, it can lead to severe inflammation, because of which even antibiotics can be prescribed , which is highly undesirable for a pregnant woman .
What if I have a toothache in a pregnant woman?
Toothache is always a very painful and complicated process, requiring prompt treatment. But when the tooth hurts in the pregnant woman and further "patience of pain" can lead only to severe inflammation, it is necessary to make a decision quickly. There are cases that with the purpose of avoiding the X-ray of the tooth, the pregnant woman was going to the surgeon, which the sick tooth, which could be cured and saved, simply removed. So why create yourself unnecessary problems after childbirth with the insertion of expensive implants or painful bridges, if dentists make an X-ray of the teeth to pregnant women completely leaving no consequences for the little man.