{"id":102894,"date":"2023-03-13T09:57:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T09:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growingsmiles.co.uk\/?page_id=102894"},"modified":"2024-05-31T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:47:40","slug":"prebirth-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/growingsmiles.co.uk\/the-life-cycle-of-your-smile\/prebirth-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-birth & Pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pre-birth & Pregnancy<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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You may not think that your mouth and oral health is important to consider if you are planning pregnancy. Oral health has a big impact on overall health and wellbeing and impacts our ability to eat, speak and smile. Parents oral health influences their own, and their baby\u2019s smile for life. Hormones, cravings and vomiting all can affect your oral health during pregnancy and your health and wellbeing can impact on healthy tooth development.<\/p><\/div>

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Growing Smiles Top Tips during pregnancy.<\/h2>\n\n

Keep well <\/strong>during pregnancy. Eat well – no need to eat for two! Drink plenty of water and eat a wide variety of foods for healthy nutrition throughout pregnancy. Avoid frequent snacking on sugary or acidic food and drinks and avoid these before bedtime. Don’t use alcohol, tobacco or drugs unless prescribed by your Dr. Take regular exercise. More about keeping well during pregnancy. <\/a><\/p>\n\n

Clean well.<\/strong> Regular effective oral hygiene is key to a healthy smile during pregnancy. Clean between<\/a> daily and brush<\/a> last thing at night and one other time every day. Brush with a manual or power brush and fluoride toothpaste<\/a>. Brush every surface of all teeth and along the gum line. NB healthy gums don’t bleed. Learn more here. <\/p>\n\n

Nausea and vomiting.<\/strong> Don’t brush your teeth immediately after vomiting<\/em>.<\/strong> Rinse with water instead or better still use something that will remineralise the tooth surface that has been attacked by stomach acid e.g. a smear of fluoride toothpaste<\/a>, Alcohol free fluoride mouthwash<\/a> or GC MI paste plus. <\/a><\/p>\n\n

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