What to do if you’re pregnant but your wisdom teeth hurt

If you are pregnant but have wisdom tooth pain, you should make a comprehensive assessment according to your condition and the number of weeks of pregnancy, and decide on a treatment plan such as conservative treatment or surgical treatment such as tooth extraction. 1. Conservative treatment: If the pain of wisdom teeth after pregnancy is not serious, conservative treatment can be used such as oral cephalosporin or penicillin anti-inflammatory drugs, such as pus overflowing from the gums and oral odor, in addition to oral anti-inflammatory drugs, should also be local rinsing, such as hydrogen peroxide and saline alternately. If the symptoms are serious, such as difficulty in opening the mouth, facial swelling or even with fever, then intravenous fluids. 2. Surgical treatment: If conservative treatment fails or the symptoms are serious, surgical treatment such as extraction should be carried out at a later date. The best time to extract the tooth is in the middle of pregnancy, if it is in the early stage of pregnancy, the pain can cause contractions leading to miscarriage. At the same time, in addition to taking anti-inflammatory drugs after tooth extraction, should also be given depending on the contractions to protect the fetus treatment. After pregnancy by the hormone level changes, gum hypertrophy, easy to congestion, edema and oral diseases, so before pregnancy need to carry out oral examination, found abnormalities timely treatment. If you have wisdom tooth pain after pregnancy, go to the hospital in time, do not take any unauthorized treatment, so as not to aggravate the condition, resulting in a bad outcome.