title: Drug use for the pregnant or lactating patient.
abstract: The dental patient who is pregnant or lactating may require management involving the administration or prescription of drugs. The approach of completely avoiding all drugs may not permit appropriate treatment of the patient and most often is not warranted. This article reviews the current considerations in the use of drugs in the dental patient who is either pregnant or lactating. The safety of the local anesthetics, vasoconstrictors, analgesics, antimicrobials, and sedatives used in dentistry is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Pynn
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Sands
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000009:adverse effects; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000009:adverse effects; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D003729:Dental Care; D004363:Drug Utilization; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000009:adverse effects; D007223:Infant; D007774:Lactation / Q000187:drug effects*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000145:classification; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000187:drug effects*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents