Toothache during breastfeeding may be caused by wisdom teeth pericoronitis, gingivitis, pulpitis, etc., and need to take medication and surgical treatment according to the cause of the disease.
1. Wisdom tooth pericoronitis: If wisdom tooth pericoronitis occurs during breastfeeding, it is recommended that patients can gargle with mouthwashes such as chlorhexidine rinse and povidone-iodine rinse and antibiotics such as clindamycin under the guidance of a doctor. In addition, patients can also take incision and drainage, pericoronary gingival flap excision, wisdom tooth extraction and other ways of treatment.
2. Gingivitis: If gingivitis causes severe toothache in breastfeeding women, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions to rinse the gingival sulcus with 3% hydrogen peroxide solution, potassium iodide solution and other solutions. For the inflammation subsides after the gingival formation can not be restored, it is necessary to take gingivoplasty treatment.
3. Pulpitis: For pulpitis that causes severe toothache in lactating women, direct pulp capping, indirect pulp capping, pulpotomy, root canal treatment can be taken.
Bad toothache during lactation may also be caused by periodontitis, apical inflammation, caries and so on. It is recommended that the patient needs to consult a doctor in time, and the doctor will treat the cause of the disease. In addition, patients should keep their mouths clean, and some patients need to suspend breastfeeding under the guidance of the doctor if necessary during the treatment of toothache.