November 19, 2008

Pregnant women should pay more attention to oral hygiene

Into the pregnancy of women may be found living in all of a sudden need to pay attention to things too much, eating, work, rest and so on, but there is a problem may still be prospective mothers are ignored, that is, oral health. Beijing Sixth Hospital dentist, although gum disease to oral health organizations and other organizations of the danger we all some preliminary understanding of, for example: Brushing bleeding, the exposed root, teeth loose, unable to chew, but for a Of women during pregnancy, there will be other issues, because even have to baby close contacts, and their oral bacteria pass baby.Dentist recommendations, prepared to have children and in preparation for pregnant women, pregnancy prior to carry out a thorough oral examination. That may arise during pregnancy and promptly solve the problem, which includes gingivitis, periodontitis, to do a thorough periodontal scaling, but also listened carefully to the doctors oral health guidance, for the pregnancy of oral health for preparation. As gums female hormone the target organ, as in pregnancy in the higher levels of estrogen, making is not a very serious gingivitis, periodontitis will be heavier, inflamed gums, significant hypertrophy, brushing teeth or eating, easy bleeding . Periodontal disease pathogens Porphyromonas gingivalis of the newborns will be affected, reported in the literature, suffering from severe periodontitis of pregnant women in low birth weight infants risk of periodontal normal rate of pregnant women 7.5 times. Newborns after birth, with the female hormone levels lower, the periodontal will change, but do not pay attention to oral hygiene, then he will have some problems. Mother and often baby close, kissing and even some mothers will own mouth of the Food and feeding babies, hardly realize that in this close contact, not consciously his mouth in some periodontal pathogens bring baby . 6 hospital dentist, in its clinical contact with the pregnancy, childbirth or after the women’s oral health are not optimistic. Inflamed gums, oral odour, it is obvious that we can see teeth on the calculus and debris attachment, asked why the brush so its not serious, the answer is very similar: the family that can not brush. Medical analysis, it may be because when brushing force there will be a little bleeding because of it. Pregnant women’s oral health is indeed a very common problem, is also not difficult to solve, in this period, with warm water and soft bristles of the toothbrush to brush their teeth, although the method of simple, but very effective, so that pregnant women Periodontal problems brought about by a lot of problems will be reduced.
 

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