“Wisdom teeth”, or third molars, often erupt at the age of 18 to 20. Due to changes in dietary structure, the upper and lower jaws are often underdeveloped, resulting in the last erupted wisdom teeth having no space to erupt or erupting in the wrong place, and the surface of the wisdom teeth will be covered with gums. When the body’s immunity and resistance are low due to fatigue, staying up late, cold and flu, etc., the bacteria around the wisdom teeth will multiply and cause inflammation, which is called “wisdom tooth pericoronitis”. Swelling and pain, mouth opening, painful swallowing, and in severe cases, infection of the maxillofacial space and even osteomyelitis, requiring incision and opening of the abscess, seriously affecting life and sleep. It is necessary to apply a large amount of multi-day antibiotics for treatment. Many people may not have symptoms of wisdom teeth, but during pregnancy is different, due to changes in hormone levels in the body, easy to cause gingivitis and periodontitis, so that poor oral hygiene, coupled with pregnancy reactions, psychological and emotional changes, poor sleep, etc. easy to cause the body resistance to low, so during pregnancy and after the delivery of breastfeeding “wisdom teeth pericoronitis “The incidence of pericoronitis is several times higher during pregnancy and after childbirth than under normal circumstances. In the general population, when wisdom tooth pericoronitis is present, it can often be quickly relieved and cured by local irrigation and antibiotics. However, for pregnant women it is completely different. Doctors, pregnant women themselves and their families will be very careful with antibiotics for the sake of fetal development and safety, and can only perform local flushing, which on the one hand will cause prolonged inflammatory episodes and significantly increase pain, and if the effect is not good, it will also cause aggravation of inflammation and necessitate the application of antibiotics, making treatment complicated and causing a serious mental burden on pregnant women and their families, who may even choose to abort. . Therefore, in order to avoid the trouble and pain of “wisdom tooth inflammation” during pregnancy and breastfeeding, please routinely check the “wisdom tooth” before pregnancy, and if the “wisdom tooth” is misaligned or cannot fully erupt, please routinely remove it before pregnancy. If the wisdom teeth are misaligned or cannot be fully erupted, please have them routinely removed before pregnancy. For the safety of mother and child, please follow the doctor’s advice and remove the harmful “wisdom teeth” as soon as possible.