Wisdom tooth issue and pregnancy

[expectinglittlebear]

I have an impacted wisdom tooth, have done for years and roughly every 12 months it gets infected and I need to take antibiotics. Every time I go, they say 'we will take it out next time' etc, and never do as the "NHS waiting list is over a year"...

Any way, I had my last bout of it when I was about 2-3 weeks pregnant (obviously didn't know I was pg then), had antibiotics as usual and all cleared up. (I am 17+5 today for reference)

Over the past day, the same tooth area has started to feel uncomfortable, not painful yet, just more noticeable and this is how the infection usually feels right at the start.

I guess my question is, has anybody had experience with wisdom tooth infections and antibiotics or possibly having a tooth extracted while pregnant? I have googled and it seems to be okay, but wanted to hear some first hand experiences.

I am worried about the likely possibility that I will have to take antibiotics, or possibly even local anaesthetic when 18/19 weeks pregnant.

Also, if you did have an extraction etc, was it also covered by your MatEx certificate?

I've not had experience of this (yet) but I am due to have an impacted wisdom tooth extracted in two weeks when I will be 25 weeks pregnant. The dentist is happy to carry out the extraction at that stage but she said she wouldn't want to wait much longer.
My wisdom tooth first started causing problems when I was pregnant with my son two years ago but I was too far along with pregnancy so myself and dentist decided that we would wait until after he was born to sort it out. Unfortunately lockdown happened two months after he was born so that wasn't possible. By time I was able to get a dentist appointment and get ball rolling he was a year old. I have had to pay for the extraction but that is because at the time of having my initial checkup and follow up x-rays I wasn't pregnant, the waiting list has just been so long to get to this part.

I'm a dental nurse.

We don't like to do any treatment on pregnant women. Of course we have to sometimes but it's because of the LA. Not the treatment itself.

You can take AB's in pregnancy as we have issued a lot but sometimes some AB's can actually affect babies teeth before they're there. This is not all that common but as your child ages sometimes we can see in their milk teeth that the mother had AB's in pregnancy.

If you're NHS and having NHS treatment you're covered under your maternity exemption.

If they say it is too complicated then do ask for an NHS referral. These extractions sometimes happen in private practices but with an NHS referral you do not pay.