Wisdom teeth during pregnancy can be treated by rinsing with salt water, local rinsing, taking medication, or removing them at a later date.
1. Gargle with salt water: If wisdom teeth and gums become swollen and painful during pregnancy, you can first gargle with salt water to relieve the inflammation, thus reducing the pain.
2. Local rinsing and medication: most of the wisdom teeth gums are swollen and painful due to the special location of the wisdom teeth, cleaning is more difficult, resulting in food debris left in the gingival groove to form a gingival blind pockets, resulting in the symptoms of gingival swelling and pain, you can go to the hospital stomatology department to find a doctor to alternately use a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution as well as saline for rinsing.
The gingival groove of the foreign body and inflammatory substances thoroughly clean, and placed in the gingival groove of the recurrence of iodized glycerin solution for anti-inflammatory.
3. Taking medication: If the swelling and pain of the gums during pregnancy seriously affects the health of the pregnant woman, you can take medication that has less effect on the fetus under the guidance of the doctor to control the inflammation, but you need to pay attention to the use of medication in the early stages of pregnancy with caution, and the use of medication at any other time should be agreed to by the obstetrician.
4. Elective removal: If wisdom tooth gum swelling and pain recurs during pregnancy, you can first control the inflammation through conventional treatment, and then choose to remove the wisdom teeth after consulting obstetricians and gynecologists and dentists in mid-pregnancy, about 4 to 6 months.
It is recommended that women have their wisdom teeth removed before pregnancy to prevent inflammation of wisdom teeth during pregnancy. In case of inflammation of wisdom teeth, it is necessary to consult a doctor in a timely manner and under the guidance of the doctor, and the use of medication should be strictly in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.