If your endodontist feels that you can wait until after delivery to have a rootcanal done, he or she will let you know, since it is best to delay any procedure while carrying a fetus.

However, root canals rarely give one an option of waiting.

t is perfectly fine to have a root canal during pregnancy since the option is to carry a risk of a bad infection, or have a painful extraction of the tooth. Tell your endodontist please.

A root canal is not something that can be postponed, and is not as major as you think. It involves removing the usually infected center of a tooth and replacing it with a neutral agent. It is best to get this done, since the tooh in question cannot be allowed to remain as is.

The root canal procedure is usually done under a local and not general anesthetic for a short period of time.

Here are web sites which say it is safe to have this procedure during pregnancy.

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