Dental Treatment While Pregnant

[georgiamb]

Hi,

I'm currently 8 weeks pregnant. About 3 months ago I had an extraction under sedation. The dentist said that I had some other work which needed doing to avoid other extractions or root canals (fillings I assume). None of them are causing me pain at the moment but if I leave them then they could get to the stage where they do need large amounts of work and I don't want to be in that amount of pain again while not being able to take much in the way of painkillers!!

I do have bad teeth because I am very calcium deficient due to malabsorption issues. I am quite young (26) and this will be my first baby after 1 miscarriage last year. Obviously I will tell my dentist about the bub but his bedside manner is pretty shocking so I would also like to switch (good idea at the moment or should I stick with someone who knows my history). I would also rather like to make use of the fact that I get free dental treatment at the moment, if it's safe to do so?!! :-D

My question is what dental treatment can I have while pregnant? Obviously sedation is out of the question but what is the procedure when it comes to fillings and is all of it safe and non-scary?!

Thanks!!

 

[Gordon]

The official advice a few years ago was to avoid the use of amalgam fillings in pregnant women wherever possible. But obviously you need to balance any theoretical risk from amalgam with the actual risk of infection caused by untreated decay

It's something that you need to talk over with your dentist, so you need to find one that you're comfortable discussing things with. Which is probably more important than them knowing your dental history IMO.