Info: dentists, xrays, wisdom teeth

cupcake · Jan 27th, 2010, 06:16 AM

I had a wisdom tooth out today. I also had a panoramic xray done of my mouth ( with my gyno's approval) just wanted to say that a lot of woman avoid the dentist while pregnant ( like me) for no good reason it seems. My dentist read to me that you would need 50,000 xrays of your teeth to get to the amount of radiation deemed bad for the baby. There is no problem with anesthesia for your mouth and the only sucky bit is that you cant use very strong painkillers your choice is basically only paracetamol.
just wanted to share.

JennTheMomma · Jan 27th, 2010, 11:09 AM

With my first pregnancy I had to get 2 wisdom teeth out. And with this pregnancy I've gone to the dentist for a cleaning, and will be doing another cleaning next month. You should still see your dentist while pregnancy. Especially since tooth decay can happen faster during pregnancy for some women, and if you get a cavity the bacteria can start pre-term labor.

lynnikins · Jan 27th, 2010, 11:55 AM

i have to see my dentist before this baby is born, i can book an appointment for next week on any of 3 afternoons as ds will be watched by DH , its just normally so hard to get to the dentist as i cant take DS with me caus of space issues at the dentist and i dont have someone to watch him

lauren10 · Jan 27th, 2010, 13:26 PM

I read that you get more radiation from one day of sun than a lifetime of x-rays!

Vicyi · Jan 27th, 2010, 13:29 PM

Oh thats strange. I went dentist a few weeks ago and he checked me over and said to book in again to see him once baby is born because he cant do any of the things he needs to do (xray, remove wisdom tooth) until after baby is born!! Maybe he was just feeling lazy! haha!! x

cupcake · Jan 27th, 2010, 14:55 PM

that is weird

Seity · Jan 28th, 2010, 15:08 PM

I go to the dentist every 6 months. They don't like to take x-rays if they don't need to, but will when necessary. I was 7 weeks pregnant at my last visit and so they didn't take the routine x-rays they normally would have.

NuKe · Jan 29th, 2010, 16:40 PM

the only thing you CANNOT have is the gas!

cupcake · Jan 30th, 2010, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by NuKe

the only thing you CANNOT have is the gas!

this is quite funny as dont they offer it to you in labour?

JennTheMomma · Jan 30th, 2010, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by cupcake

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Originally Posted by NuKe

the only thing you CANNOT have is the gas!

this is quite funny as dont they offer it to you in labour?

They do in UK, they don't in USA, or atleast not in my state. They don't offer gas for a dentist visit either, only in select practices, but not very common in my kneck of the woods.

Jan 27th, 2010, 06:16 AM	#1
cupcake Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: middle east Posts: 4,375	Info: dentists, xrays, wisdom teeth I had a wisdom tooth out today. I also had a panoramic xray done of my mouth ( with my gyno's approval) just wanted to say that a lot of woman avoid the dentist while pregnant ( like me) for no good reason it seems. My dentist read to me that you would need 50,000 xrays of your teeth to get to the amount of radiation deemed bad for the baby. There is no problem with anesthesia for your mouth and the only sucky bit is that you cant use very strong painkillers your choice is basically only paracetamol. just wanted to share.

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Jan 27th, 2010, 11:09 AM	#2
JennTheMomma Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,333	With my first pregnancy I had to get 2 wisdom teeth out. And with this pregnancy I've gone to the dentist for a cleaning, and will be doing another cleaning next month. You should still see your dentist while pregnancy. Especially since tooth decay can happen faster during pregnancy for some women, and if you get a cavity the bacteria can start pre-term labor.

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Jan 27th, 2010, 11:55 AM	#3
lynnikins Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Chessington, Surrey Posts: 14,443	i have to see my dentist before this baby is born, i can book an appointment for next week on any of 3 afternoons as ds will be watched by DH , its just normally so hard to get to the dentist as i cant take DS with me caus of space issues at the dentist and i dont have someone to watch him

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Jan 27th, 2010, 13:26 PM	#4
lauren10 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NB Canada Posts: 2,448	I read that you get more radiation from one day of sun than a lifetime of x-rays!

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Jan 27th, 2010, 13:29 PM	#5
Vicyi Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Essex, England Posts: 2,771	Oh thats strange. I went dentist a few weeks ago and he checked me over and said to book in again to see him once baby is born because he cant do any of the things he needs to do (xray, remove wisdom tooth) until after baby is born!! Maybe he was just feeling lazy! haha!! x

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Jan 27th, 2010, 14:55 PM	#6
cupcake Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: middle east Posts: 4,375	that is weird

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Seity Other BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 12,807	I go to the dentist every 6 months. They don't like to take x-rays if they don't need to, but will when necessary. I was 7 weeks pregnant at my last visit and so they didn't take the routine x-rays they normally would have.

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Jan 29th, 2010, 16:40 PM	#8
NuKe Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: N. Ireland Posts: 13,171	the only thing you CANNOT have is the gas!

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