Caring For Your Oral Health While Pregnant

Many changes take place to a woman's body while pregnant that can affect her oral health. In this episode Adam sits down with Dr. Robin Hogan, DDS and they answer questions like:

• Can routine dental care be done during pregnancy?
• Is there any specific knowledge a dentist needs to know before treating a pregnant woman?
• Are pregnant women at higher risk for gum disease?
• Can morning sickness affect the teeth?
• When does baby begin to develop teeth in the womb and are there ways mom can encourage the healthy development of baby's teeth?

In this episode Adam referenced a previous podcast with Dr. Hogan. If you would like to listen to that episode here is the link:

https://www.onechc.org/podcast/episode/3cc2e1d4/substance-use-and-your-oral-health

Dr. Hogan also referenced Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). To learn more here is a link to an episode Adam and Dr. Mark did about SAD :

https://www.onechc.org/podcast/episode/3f609d43/trying-to-understand-seasonal-affective-disorder-sad