Can pregnant women use toothpaste?

In recent years, many people like to have their teeth cleaned. Teeth cleaning can clean teeth regularly and prevent diseases such as tooth decay and periodontitis. Many people also like to buy tooth cleaning powder and clean their teeth themselves. These practices are good for teeth. Because tooth cleaning powder is similar to toothpaste and can clean and whiten teeth, it can be used under normal circumstances. So, can pregnant women use tooth cleaning powder? Let’s talk about this issue below.

Dental plaque is the main culprit of periodontal disease and will continue to form again on the tooth surface after it is removed. If plaque is not removed properly, and mineral salts in the saliva gradually accumulate, tartar will form over time. Tartar and periodontal disease are closely related. Its main harm comes from the plaque accumulated on its surface. The presence of tartar causes the plaque to come into close contact with the tissue surface, causing an inflammatory response in the tissue. In addition, the porous structure of tartar can easily absorb a large amount of bacterial toxins, and tartar can also hinder brushing. If it is not cleaned for a long time, it may cause gingivitis, periodontitis, bleeding, bad breath, and eventually cause the teeth to loosen or even fall out. Once tartar forms, it cannot be removed by brushing your teeth. Depending on the location of tartar deposition, it can be divided into supragingival tartar and subgingival tartar with the edge of the gum as the boundary. As the name suggests, teeth cleaning is mainly responsible for removing supragingival tartar, but in actual operation, the shallow subgingival tartar in the gingival sulcus that is connected to the supragingival tartar should also be removed.

Steps/Methods:

1. After teeth cleaning, the teeth will be a little sensitive to cold and heat and feel sore. This symptom is temporary and usually disappears in about a week. If the pain symptoms persist, you can consider using some anti-sensitive toothpastes sold on the market. Generally, the symptoms will improve after about a month of use.

2. After teeth cleaning, please do not eat too spicy or too sour or cold food within three days. One or two months after teeth cleaning, some people with sensitive constitutions may experience teeth allergies to cold, hot, sour, sweet and other stimuli. This is a normal individual reaction.

3. The main thing to do after teeth cleaning is to maintain your own oral hygiene, such as brushing your teeth with the correct method, using dental floss, interdental brushes, etc., to control the formation of plaque.

4. After teeth cleaning, please do not suck hard, lick with your tongue, touch the gums with your fingers, and do not use dental floss or toothpicks within a week to prevent unexpected bleeding. If bleeding suddenly occurs for some reason after cleaning your teeth for a period of time, please seek medical treatment in time.

As for the question of whether pregnant women can use tooth cleaning powder, there is no harm in itself, and proper teeth cleaning is a healthy behavior. Therefore, pregnant women can use tooth cleaning powder, because if you want to have a healthy baby, the mother must be healthy first. But it should be noted that it should be used with caution in the first three months of pregnancy.