Dentist during pregnancy

[Liz]

I was assured everything is localised.. the anesthetic, and even the xray. Altho I didnt end up needing an xray. Even my OB said if I need an xray it's fine coz it's so small and localised just to the teeth.

Hope you can get it fixed soon! I hate having a sore tooth

[Mother Goose]

I was assured (and reassured, and reassured, and the reassured some more ) by my dentist AND dental surgeon that it is perfectly safe to have dental work done during pregnancy and is in fact preferred as an infection could cause more problems. I ended up having an old metalic filling fall out at about 28 weeks and had that completely replaced with one of the new fillings. Two weeks later I had a (different) tooth removed surgically (I'm super scared of the dentist) in the chair. All turned out fine and wish I had had the work done sooner!

HTH

MG