If she is NSW she could call Mothersafe (or interstate equivalents). I had fairly significant amounts of dental work done with DS2, and he is a perfectly well little baby asleep behind me right now. I had the second stage of an implant (cutting the gum back open to reveal the post, doing impressions for the tooth to be made, then having it fitted), as well as filling work on several teeth. I also needed a few xrays. Mothersafe assured me that it was all ok, as did my dentist, and they used to put 2 lead aprons on me just in case.
I remember reading somewhere that you get exposed to more radiation flying in a plane (because you are closer to the sun) than having a dental xray.
Might be worth double-checking that she's been given appropriate abx for a pregnant woman. I also had abx while pregnant. And lots of drugs for morning sickness. As much as I wanted everything to be natural etc etc sometimes your health requires other things.
My friend went to the surgeon today who is going to wait 7 weeks to take the tooth out. If she gets pain or signs of infection she has to start ABs and go straight back to the surgeon. The surgeon was happy to take the tooth out in 5 weeks but friend feels more confident waiting for 7 weeks.
The reason they don't want to do it yet is because the organs are still forming and they worry about the local going into the blood stream and affecting organ development.
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