Category: Dental Health
Question: A woman that had tooth problem during pregnancy and has now delivered Someone os saying that she should wait for 3 months after delivery Please advise when is safe for her to remove the teeth since she has now delivered
Answer: Firstlypregnancy is not an  absolute contraindication to dental treatment
Only that  it is safe to delay elective dental treaments  until after deliveryin women still  in their  1st  or  3rd trimestersThis is because of a  couple of factors vizThe risk of  exposure of the  foetus  in the first trimester of pregnancy to radiation from dental xray and also the risk of orthostatic hypotension hence the resultant  syncope that is likely to  happen when a  heavily  pregnant woman sits on the dental chair for  long while undergoing dental treatment
Howeverwhile  dentists would take adequate measures to reduce these risks dental treatment could still be done during pregnancydepending on the severity  of the patients symptoms and also depending on  whether the said treament is invasive or noninvasive
As for the  dental treatments which might warrant postponement until after deliverysuch treatments can be done anytime after delivery as long as  the woman has been certified fit by her doctors to go home
Even though there is no time framea dentist could decide to wait for three months depending on the emotional readiness of the patient and other patient based factors
However to the best of my knowledge  there  is no evidence from research  stating any benefit  to waiting for 3months  post deliverybefore initiating dental treatment