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Going To Dental clinic during Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a very important phase in everyone’s life. It is very important to be very careful in the intake of any other work you are doing. Priority should be given to avoid any stress on the growth of the child in the womb. Since it is a rapidly growing mass of tissues and is prone to any small external or internal adverse reactions, we need to take extra care while exposing to any chemical or radioactive exposures, especially in the first trimester.

Tips to go to the Dentist

The oral care will be included in the maternity coverage of many insurance policies. So make use of it

Avoid any dental visits during the first trimester period and in the last trimester, lying down for a long time for any checkups will be very difficult. So it is better to go for dental work during the second trimester.

Preventive dental cleaning and annual exams are highly recommended for the expecting mother

It is better to avoid all the unnecessary dental work during pregnancy

It is better to avoid x-ray during pregnancy

There is no harm in undergoing treatment for any other dental work but people do not like to take a risk in going for the dental work

The risk of taking any medication is still under study. Lidocaine is the drug used often is found to cross the placenta while administration. So the use of this drug should be avoided

Other drugs or antibiotics are classified under safe drugs which can be used during pregnancy to avoid infection.

Anesthesia is also safe to use. But the risk can be reduced if we use a little amount of drug for the numbness to reduce the pain.

It is always better to have suggestions from your dentists to avoid infections. Using fluoride toothpaste and other requirements which are safe to baby can be followed