Article “Dental care during pregnancy”

Is it possible to have dentures during pregnancy?

The problem often arises: is it possible to have dentures during pregnancy and does this cause harm to the fetus? Due to the rapid development of medicine, almost all acceptable dental services exist today.

In this situation, you should undergo a mandatory medical examination, including a trip to the orthodontist. Immediately during pregnancy, difficulties with teeth begin to appear. Sometimes doctors resort to the last option to replace lost teeth. So, the question arises: is it possible for pregnant women to have dentures or have the procedure done after childbirth?

Dental prosthetics for pregnant women

Previously, doctors said that it was necessary to go to the dentist only after childbirth, but today medical science is at the highest level of development. Therefore, there are innovative technologies that allow pregnant women to undergo dental treatment.

It is important to know! In the first trimester, you should notify the orthodontist about your condition, since it can harm the formation of the baby’s organs. For this reason, it is preferable to postpone dental treatment until the second trimester, when all significant systems are developed and there is already strong protection against various harmful conditions. Factors include the use of medications, including anesthetic relievers.

Also, during this period, hormonal modification of the body is completed, which negatively affects the condition of the teeth. When a pregnant woman experiences a complication with her teeth or the appearance of inflammation, dental surgery cannot be postponed, since such a condition will cause pain.

Without any worries, go to an appointment with a specialist who will not only treat your oral cavity, but also tell you about dental care during pregnancy.

Today, it is possible to put teeth in position with the help of effective, harmless drugs , and a regular x-ray is replaced with a dental visiograph.

However, do not forget to take the initiative on your own and ask your dentist about the precautions for all upcoming procedures to treat the oral cavity, since during pregnancy a woman is more vulnerable to the influence of various bacteria and inflammatory processes. In any case, your baby is not in danger , and there is no need to fear for his health.

The nuances of using anesthesia

During dental procedures, anesthetics are used that do not cross the placental barrier. Painkillers have a low degree of effect on blood vessels.

It is unacceptable to use Lidocoine, the drug causes muscle weakness and a sharp decrease in blood pressure. It is necessary to use products based on Anticaine. When making dental prosthetics during pregnancy, it is allowed to use Ultracain, Artifrin, and Ubistezin. These anesthetics act locally and do not harm the fetus.

Anesthesia is used for prosthetics and tooth extraction only in the second trimester. During pregnancy, a tooth can be removed using an anesthetic only in extreme cases, that is, when there is purulent inflammation, a cyst, or acute pain. It is prohibited to remove a wisdom tooth during pregnancy.

During pregnancy, a woman's body is under stress. Minerals, vitamins and nutrients are almost completely spent on fetal development. The health of the mother is directly related to the health of the baby. To prevent the development of diseases and inflammations of the oral cavity, the expectant mother must visit the dentist. Calcium, which is already in short supply in the modern diet, is used by the body for the development of fetal bones. The enamel becomes thinner, teeth become sensitive, chips, cracks and diseases may appear.

Dentists, like all doctors, recommend taking the issue of nutrition for a pregnant woman as seriously as possible. Be sure to eat dairy products containing calcium. Calcium is normally absorbed by the body only with a sufficient supply of vitamin D.

To replenish this supply, you need to include mushrooms, butter, and caviar in your diet.

It is best to visit the dentist during 4-6 months of pregnancy. Dentists recommend considering the following safety measures:

The number of dental procedures required to treat a pregnant woman’s teeth and eliminate pain should be reduced as much as possible. Today there are a lot of safe technologies for installing fillings, root canal treatment and professional teeth cleaning.
It is acceptable to use painkillers that do not contain adrenaline, which is dangerous to the fetus. It is important that the doctor selects the optimal anesthetic for a particular woman.
If the expectant mother has pulpitis, then it is better to install temporary fillings in the canals. After childbirth, an X-ray examination of the condition of the jaw should be done, and temporary fillings should be replaced with permanent ones.
It is important to keep stress about visiting the dentist to a minimum. The atmosphere, attitude of the staff and the attending physician are extremely important. The room should be quiet, calm and fresh. It is important to eliminate all irritants as much as possible.
If an X-ray is needed, a radiovisiograph should be used; it provides a very low dose of radiation to the mother and fetus.
A pregnant woman should take an even more strict and serious approach to the issues and requirements of personal hygiene.
Pregnant women are highly susceptible to gingivitis due to hormonal fluctuations. If swelling or redness of the gums appears, it is important to immediately consult a doctor so that the enzymes secreted by pathogenic bacteria are not transmitted to the fetus. The most severe consequences of advanced gingivitis are premature birth or miscarriage.
When treating and prescribing medications, it is important to take into account the fact that the kidneys work under particularly strain.

The Internet has become a part of our lives, and we use it to find answers to our questions. But if you dig deeper, the knowledge of ordinary people without medical education about their body and health is limited and vague. Sometimes it is not even knowledge that comes to the fore, but traditional ideas - superstitions and prejudices imposed by the memory of the past. Pregnant women especially suffer. They are frightened with myths, terrible predictions, forced to abandon plans, and imposed bans. They say that during pregnancy you cannot cut your hair, sew, pet cats, dye your hair, and much more. And most of the prohibitions are imposed on medical procedures. Few expectant mothers decide to get dentures, because countless relatives and friends are afraid of negative consequences for the baby. But sometimes prosthetics are simply necessary, just for the health of the mother and the well-being of the child.

Can pregnant women get crowns on their teeth?

Is it possible to put permanent crowns on pregnant women’s teeth in the first three months of pregnancy? Strictly prohibited! However, temporary crowns will not cause harm. You can wear these crowns until there is a need for implants to heal.

But, if they are installed in the first trimester, a negative effect on the formation of the embryo may occur. Thus, the procedure for dental implantation in pregnant women can cause a miscarriage.

Implantation

Pregnancy in the vast majority of cases is an absolute contraindication for implantation for the following reasons:

psychological and physiological stress caused by surgery;
since the immunity of pregnant women is weakened, the development of infections and, consequently, postoperative complications is possible;
in the postoperative period, you have to take strong painkillers and antibiotics, which can harm the baby;
the shunt takes 3-6 months to take root, which means an increased burden on the mother’s body;
In addition, many pregnant women, due to changes in hormonal levels, experience increased bleeding of the gums, which does not contribute to the survival of implants.

And therefore, you need to think about dental implantation either before pregnancy (and 1-2 years in advance), or postpone it for at least 6-12 months after the birth of the child - this is the period usually required for a woman to fully recover after childbirth. In addition, by this time most women stop breastfeeding - this is important since lactation is also an obstacle to dental implantation.

If the expectant mother becomes pregnant during osseointegration (that is, during the process of implantation of the shunt)

, then there is no need to worry. Firstly, the very fact of pregnancy in this case means that the implant has taken root perfectly. Secondly, the subsequent stages of implantation - installation of an abutment and crown - are absolutely harmless for the mother. In addition, they can always be postponed for several weeks or even months.

But pregnancy does not affect implants that have already been implanted in any way - of course, if they were installed according to the rules of dental “art” and if the expectant mother carefully monitors her oral cavity.

Many people think that dental prosthetics can harm the unborn baby. Is it really?

Dental implantation during pregnancy

If a woman is about to become pregnant or is already pregnant, then the implantation procedure is carried out later, since the process of implantation is quite lengthy and there is a possibility of getting inflamed gums with bleeding, caries, and tooth decay.

In addition, the girl’s exhausted body reacts poorly to foreign material. Medications after the procedure for quick recovery are harmful to the baby and the nursing woman.

Attention! Contraindications to implantation during pregnancy are the presence of chronic diseases and fear of surgery. When planning to conceive a baby, it is recommended to carry out mandatory care procedures, for example, getting rid of stones, removing caries, and competent hygienic cleaning. By adhering to these recommendations, a woman protects not only her own health, but also the condition of the baby.

In addition to medical cleaning, regular daily dental care should be performed. It is advisable to rinse your mouth with special medicinal herbal remedies. Also discuss with your doctor what herbs you should use so as not to harm the formation of the fetus and not cause a miscarriage.

Smoking is strictly prohibited, as it has a detrimental effect on the development of the fetus and aggravates the condition of the enamel..

One trip to the doctor does not contribute to a complete cure, since in this position a woman must be observed by the dentist constantly and be sure to listen to advice. With the onset of pregnancy, specialists treat women condescendingly, providing the necessary assistance in treatment.

Pay special attention to taking photographs during dental treatment, since the device should have minimal exposure to radiation . In addition, the original technique of the device makes it possible to implement local effects that do not threaten the health of the child and mother.

Features of dental implantation during pregnancy require scrupulous preparation. First, it is necessary to eliminate all kinds of inflammatory processes. After this, it is necessary to clean the oral cavity in the clinic.

Dental implantation

You should also take tests based on the results, which will show whether implantation can be performed during pregnancy or is not recommended. Only after preliminary preparation are treatment manipulations carried out. The process is carried out with high quality, without pain.

During pregnancy, teeth can be inserted into areas where teeth are missing. Despite the simplicity of the operation, the body has to endure a significant load, so a pregnant woman should refrain from the event. It is also necessary to engraft the implant from 3 to 6 months , since it is not always possible to predict the body’s behavior in response to the manipulations performed.

It is recommended to refrain from surgery and medications after childbirth.

If you are breastfeeding, you will need to postpone the operation again . Any girl after childbirth feels weak. The survival of implants occurs only when the oral cavity is completely healthy. A woman’s body needs time to recover.

Dentists will provide you with information about whether it is possible to insert teeth for pregnant women and in what cases it is not recommended? With the normal course of pregnancy and the woman’s well-being. You should check with the mother to see if she has an allergic reaction to anesthetic drugs for implantation.

In addition, consult your doctor about possible contraindications. When there is no allergy, implantation during pregnancy is allowed. But it is preferable to perform it from 14-16 to 32-34 weeks. Since this process is often carried out under anesthesia, and in the early stages the placenta is not yet strong, the drug can affect the baby.

When to see a doctor

Even if you didn’t have any dental problems before pregnancy, regular visits to the dentist while expecting a baby are the same mandatory procedure as visits to the gynecologist:

Bleeding gums, bad breath, overgrowth of gum tissue - if you are pregnant and encounter such problems, immediately go to the dentist, because these are symptoms of gingivitis.
The tooth hurts, twitches, aches, the color of the enamel has changed - these are signs of pulpitis.
Unbearable throbbing pain in a tooth, spreading to the entire jaw, is one of the signs of such a dangerous disease as periodontitis.

Dental treatment during pregnancy at the PROFI-Dent clinic is carried out using safe modern techniques that do not cause any harm to the health and development of the fetus and do not have a negative impact on pregnancy.

Can I use painkillers during prosthetics?

When planning a pregnancy, it is necessary to carry out certain preparations - a trip to the dentist and dental treatment. However, when the woman did not have time to undergo treatment earlier, anesthesia can be performed in position, but following the rules. Often, expectant mothers categorically refuse the services of a doctor, believing that the substances used are harmful to the fetus.

Anesthesia for implantation

However, there is no need to delay treatment until the postnatal period, because the infection can negatively affect the health of the mother and baby.

A woman may lose a tooth or get periodontal disease. Before choosing a harmless anesthetic, you need to think about whether its use is necessary? For example, when curing ordinary caries, anesthesia is not needed, but when removing a tooth or inserting teeth, pregnant women cannot do without pain relief.

When choosing a drug, you need to know how it works . The medicine is a medical substance based on adrenaline, which blocks pain and stops bleeding.

However, it can provoke an increase in uterine tone and pressure, which is very risky for miscarriage. Nowadays, substances with the lowest dose of the drug are used, which makes it widely used for pregnant women.

The most common substance in this category is Ultracaine, which does not enter the placenta and milk. In any given case, the doctor chooses the right dose, based on the girl’s personal characteristics and the period.

Prosthetics during pregnancy is possible

For some women, pregnancy is so difficult that they don’t even want to think about getting dental crowns or veneers. If a woman tolerates pregnancy easily, then prosthetics during pregnancy are possible. Moreover, it can improve the well-being of the expectant mother and the condition of the baby - by restoring a beautiful and healthy smile, the woman provides herself with a good mood and confidence.

Very often, women are afraid to have their teeth treated or get dentures during pregnancy, believing that the process can harm the baby. This fear is quite natural, since it is difficult for an ignorant person to understand the nuances of using anesthesia during pregnancy or the principle of operation of a visiograph.

Dental prosthetics during pregnancy – the answer from doctors is “Yes!”

Dentists at the DaVinci clinic are always ready to reassure a pregnant woman. Pregnancy is not a disease. And if the expectant mother feels well, then prosthetics is possible. Moreover, a beautiful smile will improve the mood of the expectant mother, which means her physical condition will also improve, which will benefit the baby. There are also medical indications - the lack of even one tooth makes it difficult to chew food, which causes the development of gastroenterological diseases.

Our clinic successfully performs dental prosthetics for women 4-6 months pregnant. For this purpose, special hypoallergenic materials are selected that have no contraindications for pregnant women. For photographs of the oral cavity, a special dental visiograph is used, rather than an X-ray machine. The radiovisiograph takes targeted images with minimal radiation that will not harm either the mother or the child.

The main problem with dental prosthetics for expectant mothers is anesthesia. In the first months of pregnancy, the use of any painkillers is harmful to the baby. In the second trimester, the threat recedes and you can engage in dental prosthetics using modern drugs that do not penetrate the placenta and are quickly eliminated from the mother’s body.

Some of our patients strive to receive dental services before the birth of the child, realizing that then the hassle will take up all the time. The period from 12 to 29 weeks is the ideal time to take care of your health and sign up for dental procedures, get veneers or crowns, for example.