blondeviolin Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I'm 36 weeks pregnant and woke up this morning with a tooth that is sensitive to pressure and ever-so-slight swelling in the gum near it. I'm pretty sure it's abscessed. :( What a pain! I wonder if my OB would be okay with prescribing antibiotics and then waiting until AFTER the baby for me to do the root canal. Everything is so sensitive right now and I know from experience that pain/numbing medicine they'd give me isn't very effective during pregnancy. LAME. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I had the exact same thing happen to me when I was pregnant with my second daughter. I, too, was just about 36 or 37 weeks pregnant. I ended up going to a specialist who gave me one injection of something. It wasn't Novocain because that has epinephrine in it which cannot be used during pregnancy. It was a very short-lived pain medication that he injected in my gum. Then he did a "baby" root canal. It literally took like 10 minutes. He drilled in, took out the pulp, and put something over it. I believe it was called a pulpectomy. It's a short term thing but I was bad and waited like a year to go back and have it finished lol. Never bothered me in that time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 My dental assistant dh says you should call your OB to get clearance for what is okay and what is not when you're in your 3rd trimester. A dentist's office would need to take X-rays, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I read the first response to dh and he said a pulpotomy with the pain killer Carbocaine is a good option for your situation as long as the dentist was comfortable with working on you in your condition. He really recommends getting the OB clearance first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks! I'll be calling my OB's office this morning. I am very uncomfortable sitting for any length of time and would rather have most of the dental work done after I deliver. At the very least, an antibiotic is warranted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeganCupcake Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I think I was about 30 weeks when the same thing happened to me. I had the root canal done and it was fine, but I was not as pregnant as you are. Ugh, the abscess was so much more painful than the root canal anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I hope everything works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooCow Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 How are you doing today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I'm about to have this baby in a few weeks and had a root canal Monday. Wooooo. It was only 20 min, actually. The buildup for the crown was worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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