wisdom teeth/dental problems advice please!
morning all,
over the summer (pre-pregnancy) i had problems with my emerging wisdom tooth to the point i couldn't open my mouth (interesting!) and the dentist explained there was an infection and it had got into the muscle etc making me unable to open my mouth, so i had some antibiotics.
yesterday and today i've started to have pain in the same area again, similar to how it started last time. i'm going to ring the dentist this week to see if i can be seen but i was wondering if anyone else had had teeth/gum problems in pregnancy, and what the treatment was/is? are there safe antibiotics to take? i'll be 12 weeks on tues (fingers crossed, also have scan that day). i don't fancy being unable to open my mouth to eat my xmas dinner!!
thanks all! xxx
over the summer (pre-pregnancy) i had problems with my emerging wisdom tooth to the point i couldn't open my mouth (interesting!) and the dentist explained there was an infection and it had got into the muscle etc making me unable to open my mouth, so i had some antibiotics.
yesterday and today i've started to have pain in the same area again, similar to how it started last time. i'm going to ring the dentist this week to see if i can be seen but i was wondering if anyone else had had teeth/gum problems in pregnancy, and what the treatment was/is? are there safe antibiotics to take? i'll be 12 weeks on tues (fingers crossed, also have scan that day). i don't fancy being unable to open my mouth to eat my xmas dinner!!
thanks all! xxx
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It's common to get gum problems in pg due to the change in blood flow.
I had this in very early pregnancy (about 5 weeks) so i was very nervous about antibiotics etc. My gums became very sore. I couldn't eat! Apparently as the wisdom tooth came through, an infection had started under the flap of gum once covering it. I went to the dentitst who prescribed me azithromycin.
Also, i was advised to use corsodyl mouthwash for 2 weeks and he gave me a pipette thingy to squirt some of it directly under the flap of gum that was infected. Within about 5 days it was much better!
I would also advise not googling gum infection and wisdom tooth infections in pregnancy! I scared myself senseless but it was all OTT rubbish and baby is fine!
xx
i've managed to get the last appointment he has before christmas, which is tomorrow afternoon so i'm happy with that, especially after i started googling (sorry sharn, did it before i read your post lol!) as i scared myself!!!
thanks again xxxx