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Dental work and pregnancy?

  • 15-10-2011 10:57pm
    #1
    allgirlz
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    I am just starting a lot of dental work, I need intensive gum cleaning with a periodontal surgeon which is booked and organised and 3 teeth out under sedation all in preparation for braces which I will have on for 18-24 months. I am also trying to get pregnant and it has never taken long before, so will my getting pregnant affect any of this work? I imagine the sedation will be a no no, anything else I need to think about? Should I defer it all until after the pregnancy? I would rather not but will if I have to.


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  • #2
    Oral Surgeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Oral Surgeon


    allgirlz wrote: »
    I am just starting a lot of dental work, I need intensive gum cleaning with a periodontal surgeon which is booked and organised and 3 teeth out under sedation all in preparation for braces which I will have on for 18-24 months. I am also trying to get pregnant and it has never taken long before, so will my getting pregnant affect any of this work? I imagine the sedation will be a no no, anything else I need to think about? Should I defer it all until after the pregnancy? I would rather not but will if I have to.

    Just the sedation is a no go if you are pregnant.... Orthodontic treatment is also probably best left until the gums are under control too...
    The most important of all is to get the gums sorted with the deep cleaning as gum disease get worse during pregnancy in most women....

    Good luck,
    OS


  • #3
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
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    Be sure to tell your dentist / dentists about this they need to know. After that basically what OS said.


  • #4
    allgirlz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭allgirlz


    Lauren Gray Peroxide wrote: »
    Be sure to tell your dentist / dentists about this they need to know. After that basically what OS said.
    Thanks to you both, I will let them both know next week.


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