Can i go to the dentist?!

[~Raven~]

I broke a tooth a couple of months ago now and you need to tell them if you are PG because besides not being able to be xrayed, there is a particular anesthetic they sometimes use which contains oxytocin which is the same drug used to induce labour.

The dentist told me all about it and then swore that wasn't the type she was about to inject into my gum

[2CheekyMonkeys]

i am going to the dentist tonight to get some adhesive restorations (they assure me its fine). actually i had a dental xray extremely early on in pregnancy with DD and coincidentally with this one. (before i knew i was pregnant). got a few filling while pregnant with DD#1 too. i guess if you just tell them you are pregnant they will know what they can and cant do.

[BellyBelly]

Seeing the Dentist in Pregnancy by Dr Axel Ecke

[ohmygodimamum]

I was curious about that too, before i became pregnant i had seen the dentist and am currently on a waiting list to have regular work done, and on another waiting list to have all of my wisdom teeth removed. Its been about 9mths ive been on the waiting list so now im hoping that they dont call til after january. I really dont want to miss it as its a long time to wait and the nearest place to have it it done is a 4hr drive!

[Santosha]

Thanks for all the info everyone. I will (reluctantly) make an appointment to see my dentist!

[tenar]

The dentist was the first person, other than my husband, who I told I was pregnant. How unromantic! It just happened that I had a checkup appointment on the day I got my BFP.

He told me that there are no problems with having dental work done during pregnancy, but that he prefers to leave things until the 2nd trimester. He said, and I think this is awful, that if you do dental work in the first trimester and then the woman has a miscarriage, you might get blamed and sued even though there is no connection other than timing. And the same in the 3rd trimester if the baby comes early.

Anyway, he told me to come back late in 2nd trimester for the one thing that needs a bit of fixing (filling chipped partly off), but he was definitely sure that if anything urgent came up I should get it fixed not wait (and imagine trying to have a long dentist appointment with a baby in tow, too - that would be hard!).

I was also interested to see that my OB asked me about my teeth on my first visit to her, and she gave me a leaflet about the importance of good dental care in pregnancy. So I'm trying to be extra good with my brushing and so on, as it's evidently something that can impact on me and the baby if I don't take care.