Chewing gum in pregnancy, like and not contraindicated, at least in almost every commercial video shows that it can be all, as often as possible and at any time of the day. Cud is promoted as protection from caries, a means for teeth whitening, a breath freshener. It is believed that the chewing gum does not contain harmful substances, and the amino acid aspartame is an excellent substitute for harmful sugar, and itself is completely harmless. Is it possible to chew gum during pregnancy?
Is it possible to chew pregnant women: for and against
Chewing gum during pregnancy can not be considered a protection against tooth decay: in spite of advertising, it does not clean teeth and does not reduce the number of bacteria, rather the reverse. Sugar-containing chewing gums help increase their number and destroy tooth enamel. And during pregnancy, calcium can be washed out for fetal bones with a lack of it in the body and it will be too little to restore the tooth if damaged by bacteria (it will also break down from the inside).
If you consider that pregnant women can not use drugs that are used in dentistry, then chewing gum, which accelerates dental caries in pregnant women - is not the best means of protecting the teeth.
As for the chewing process itself, there may be a vacuum between the tooth and the rubber band, which leads to the loss of fillings in the teeth and further damages the enamel. In some chewing gums sugar is replaced with aspartame and the absence of sugar should decide whether it is possible to chew gum when pregnant.
To quit smoking when pregnancy occurs, women are not recommended and nicotine chewing gum, as a means to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked. It does not seem to be contraindicated, only nicotine is not a harmless drug and in any way it negatively affects the future child.