During pregnancy, due to changes in dietary habits, changes in hormone levels, morning sickness and other factors, some oral diseases are prone to occur. Common examples include gingivitis of pregnancy, periodontitis of pregnancy, gingivoma of pregnancy, caries, pulpitis, and pericoronitis of wisdom teeth.
Oral diseases of pregnant mothers may lead to malnutrition, premature birth, low birth weight, periodontitis may also aggravate gestational diabetes, and in severe cases, systemic infections and sepsis.
Have a dental check-up before trying to get pregnant
Many young couples who are planning to conceive choose to have a comprehensive health check-up to determine if both partners are in a suitable condition for childbearing.
However, among the many check-up items, oral health check-ups are often overlooked.
However, women's oral health, especially during pregnancy, is not only related to the pregnant woman herself, but also to the growth and development of the fetus.
Oral diseases that may occur during pregnancy, such as dental caries, gingivitis, periodontitis, wisdom teeth, etc., should be treated in time to prevent unbearable oral symptoms from appearing in the first trimester and continuing to deteriorate.
Oral health care during pregnancy
Throughout pregnancy, pay special attention to oral hygiene maintenance, brush your teeth in the morning and evening, brush your teeth or rinse your mouth after meals, floss between your teeth before bedtime, eat more natural foods and less sticky and sweet foods.
Pregnant mothers living in high-fluoride areas should pay attention to drinking water to prevent dental fluorosis in their babies.
gingivitis
Treatment of oral problems during pregnancy
Gingivitis occurs in 50% of pregnant women, and severe gum inflammation is associated with a seven-fold increased risk of preterm birth and low birth weight babies. If you have problems such as red, swollen and bleeding gums during pregnancy, it is recommended to have basic periodontal treatment such as scaling during the second trimester 4-6 months.
Other oral problems during pregnancy, such as wisdom teeth pericoronitis, pulpitis, apical periodontitis and other diseases will cause pain, and also need to be treated.
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epilogue
For pregnant women, the prevention of oral diseases is more important than treatment, early treatment is better than late treatment, and treatment is better than no treatment.
department of stomatology
Founded in 1987, the Department of Stomatology of Xuzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital is a multidisciplinary and multi-professional oral disease prevention and treatment center for children, pregnant women and common oral diseases, focusing on the prevention and treatment of oral diseases of infants and pregnant women, carrying out the prevention and treatment of maternal oral diseases, dental caries, gingivitis, periodontitis, pericoronary mucosal diseases and the correction of short tongue-tie in infants and young children, providing oral examination, oral fluoride and other diagnosis and treatment services, and taking non-invasive filling and pit and fissure sealing for children's caries to prevent dental caries. Children are more receptive.
Ding Xiaoxiao
Master of Medicine
Graduated from Tongji Hospital affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is good at the treatment of caries, pulpitis, apical periodontitis, extraction of various teeth, and repair of dental defects and dentition defects. He specializes in the treatment of maternal oral diseases, and the prevention and treatment of children's dental caries.
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