Dental x-rays when you might be pregnant?

mmkay... I had a really bad experience with the dentist about 2 years ago, and I ended up getting TMJ from a procedure I had done. So, I have pretty much been afraid to go since then. My problem is that the filling he put in (the one that screwed everything up, on the very back of the last tooth) just fell out not too long ago, and tonight I have been having pretty intense pain, I think he filled it incorrectly and it has been getting worse instead of better since he did it.





My question is, there is a possibility that I could be pregnant.


How much does that really matter for dental x-rays? I am going to have to try to schedule an appointment tomorrow (not likely since the waiting list is like 2 months in my area b/c we are short on dentists) Is this something I have to tell them over the phone?


I know the pain is not TMJ related.

Dental x-rays when you might be pregnant?
x-rays should not be taken during the first trimester of pregnancy, tell your doctor immediately that you are pregnant and hope that is a easy to clinically diagnose the problem, there are many options to diagnose other than x ray.
Reply:don't get x -rays when u are pregnant, the radiation goed into youe whole body. women that work on x ray department have to do office work as soon as they find out they are pregnant. the baby's body doesn't have power yet to get rid of radiation by itself, it pees it out and swims in the polluted stuff fot 9 months.


find out if r pregnant and maybe xrays can wait.
Reply:The procedure did not give you TMJ. You already had it and the procedure irritated it.





No, you cannot get x-rays when you are pregnant. Not even dental ones. Make one more appointment before you go to the dentist. Get a pregnancy test. If it shows up negative and you end up pregnant later, then it is too early to worry about harm to the baby. Often, people do drugs, smoke, drink alcohol, get x-rays, etc... then find out they are pregnant and are 6 weeks along.... Baby is fine.





So, go ahead and get the x-rays, but take a pregnancy test first just in case.