Toothache during pregnancy

If you feel toothache during pregnancy, you cannot seek treatment at will to avoid any adverse effects on your baby. You can apply ice to temporarily relieve your toothache, but do not have a tooth extracted during pregnancy. You must wait until after delivery to proceed with the next treatment. This is the safest approach to prevent complications.

1. Brush your teeth correctly:

This is an effective way to remove dental plaque. First, buy a children's health toothbrush for your child with a small brush head, soft bristles, and rounded and elastic bristle ends. Then buy a monofluoride toothpaste containing sodium fluoride or a bifluoride toothpaste containing sodium monofluorophosphate. Fluoride in toothpaste can strengthen tooth surface structure, promote mineralization, improve acid resistance and inhibit dental plaque. The dosage for children is about the size of a pea. The dosage can be increased appropriately as the child grows older. Avoid swallowing it when brushing your teeth.

When children first learn to brush their teeth, parents should demonstrate and patiently teach them how to brush their teeth correctly. The key to brushing your teeth correctly is to keep the bristles at about 45 degrees to the tooth surface and brush vertically along the gaps between teeth. Brush downward for the upper teeth, upward for the lower teeth, and back and forth in front of the bite. Instead of brushing horizontally in a sawing motion, which can damage teeth and gums. Brush your teeth for 3 minutes each time, once in the morning and once in the evening, and persist.

This is because the effectiveness of the toothbrush will be affected due to long-term friction every 3 months or so. Doctors recommend replacing your toothbrush every 3 months.

3. Proper diet:

Sweets are children's favorite foods, which contain a lot of sugar and starch, such as candy, chocolate, biscuits and cakes. In particular, sticky sweets are easy to adhere to the tooth surface, providing sufficient nutrients for cariogenic bacteria in dental plaque. The organic acids produced after metabolism are highly cariogenic. Therefore, children should be advised to eat less sweets, especially not before going to bed, and should brush their teeth after eating before going to bed. In addition, do not be picky about food in your daily diet. The dietary ingredients should include whole grains, beans and bean products, milk and dairy products, fish, meat, eggs, poultry, and vegetables and fruits.

Since tooth decay has no symptoms in the early stages and is difficult to detect, parents are often quick to take their children to the hospital only when pain symptoms occur, but by then the best time for treatment has often been missed. Therefore, doctors recommend that the first check-up should be conducted when the child is one year old, and regular check-ups should be conducted every six months thereafter to ensure that caries are treated promptly if discovered. Don't neglect your child's dental health due to busy work. May your child have clean and healthy teeth.