Sore teeth during pregnancy

Toothache is familiar, perhaps, to every person. It can provoke a huge number of different factors and, including, a decrease in immunity during pregnancy. It is the future mothers who suffer most often from toothache, which is due to certain features of the waiting period for the baby. In this article, we will tell you why the teeth often hurt during pregnancy, and what you need to do to get rid of this unpleasant sensation.

Causes of toothache in pregnancy

As a rule, the tooth of a pregnant woman hurts for the following reasons:

• caries;
• pulpitis;
• periodontitis.

These dental diseases occur especially often in the period of expectation of the child, and this can be explained by the influence of such factors as:

• lack of calcium in the body of a future mother and a violation of the mechanism of its assimilation;
• changes in the salivary glands, resulting in a decrease in the protective function of saliva;
• exacerbation of various chronic diseases of the digestive tract, which also has an effect on the absorption by the body of the future mother of calcium;
• general decrease in immunity, leading to active multiplication of pathogens in the oral cavity.

Is it possible to treat the teeth during pregnancy if they are ill?

Contrary to popular belief, it is not only possible, but also necessary, to treat a toothache during a child's waiting period. Most of the traditional medicines used to get rid of this kind of pain are contraindicated for women in an "interesting" position, so it is highly discouraged to take them to ease their condition.

In addition, toothache and any inflammation in the mouth can adversely affect the health and development of the fetus. To prevent this from happening, we should trust the professionals. If you have a toothache during pregnancy, immediately consult a dentist.

Modern medicine offers a wide range of medicines, with which you can perform quality anesthesia for treatment, and at the same time do not harm the baby. Most of these drugs do not penetrate the placental barrier and are almost instantly removed from the body.