{"id":634,"date":"2020-08-28T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/?p=634"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:41:05","slug":"oral-contraceptives-and-effect-on-oral-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/oral-contraceptives-and-effect-on-oral-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Contraceptives and effect on Oral Health\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oral contraceptives or birth control pills used to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/dental-pain-during-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pregnancies<\/a> in women which impacts oral health. They are a combination of estrogen and progesterone which are natural hormones present in female body.\u00a0\u00a0Birth control pills have adverse effect on gingival tissues as it causes exaggerated gingival inflammation. This gingival inflammation consist of mild\u00a0oedema erythema with\u00a0hemorrhagic\u00a0or hyper-plastic gingival tissues. Several mechanisms suggested for this exaggerated response in gingival tissue due to oral contraceptives.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; color: #fffffa; background-color: #ba0c49;\" href=\"tel:+919820446633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Call Now<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; color: #ba0c49;\" href=\"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/enquiry5\/?utm_source=blogs&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=5%20foods%20that%20make%20your%20kids%20teeth%20stronger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get In Touch<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because contraceptives made up of hormones to prevent fertility, taking birth control results in hormonal and oral health changes in women. Hence these changes can increase sensitivity to oral health, affecting the blood supply received by gum tissue and the body\u2019s response to the toxins created by plaque buildup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 id=\"h-oral-contraceptives-may-cause-the-following\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Oral Contraceptives may cause the following:\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"315\" class=\"wp-image-638\" src=\"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-44.jpeg\" alt=\"oral-contraceptives\" title=\"\">\r\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Oral Contraceptives and its Effect on Oral Health\u202f<\/strong><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oral_hygiene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Altered vasculature<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Increased <a href=\"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/oral-contraceptives-and-its-effect-on-oral-health%e2%80%af\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gingival<\/a> permeability\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Increasing synthesis of prostaglandins<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Increase in level of\u00a0bacteroids<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oral contraceptives associated with gingival inflammation therefore they become chronic when women exposed to extended periods\u00a0with increase in levels of\u00a0oestrogen and progesterone.\u00a0Also,\u00a0the brand used may alter varied responses in different women. Several other changes seen in oral cavity such as\u00a0change in salivary composition. There is decrease in concentration of protein, sialic acid,\u00a0hexosamine, hydrogen ions and total electrolytes. 2-3 folds increase in the incidence of localised osteitis after extraction of mandibular 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0molar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZMpTubByacQ&amp;t=60s<\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; color: #fffffa; background-color: #ba0c49;\" href=\"tel:+919820446633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Call Now<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; color: #ba0c49;\" href=\"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/enquiry5\/?utm_source=blogs&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=5%20foods%20that%20make%20your%20kids%20teeth%20stronger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get In Touch<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-pale-pink-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Oral contraceptives can increase your\u00a0risk of developing blood clots in the veins in your legs. These can become life threatening if the blood clots leave your legs and travel into you lungs.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-management-of-health-after-oral-pills\">Management of Health after Oral Pills:\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A detailed medical case because history should include oral contraceptives under the heading of medications. Therefore the patients should inform of oral contraceptive side effects on periodontal health. Meticulous home care and in office dental oral prophylaxis carried out by eliminating local predisposing factors. Periodontal surgery should be undertaken if resolution after scaling and root planning is inadequate. Extraction of teeth to be done especially of 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0molars on\u00a0non-estrogenic\u00a0days that is day 23-28 of\u00a0oral contraceptive cycle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-royal-dental-clinics-blog wp-block-embed-royal-dental-clinics-blog\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/can-i-visit-dentist-during-pregnancy\/<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In between trips to the doctor, tours and setting up the nursery, don\u2019t let visiting the dentist fall off your\u00a0pregnancy\u00a0to-do list.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; color: #fffffa; background-color: #ba0c49;\" href=\"tel:+919820446633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Call Now<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its said that antibiotics could render neffective\u00a0in preventing pregnancy. Physician\u2019s consent should be taken for long term antibiotics if patients are using increased dose of oral contraceptive preparation.\u00a0Pills users have a poor oral\u00a0health.\u00a0Thus,\u00a0its advised to limit their contraceptive usage and shift to other measures of birth control.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In conclusion, to ensure that birth control doesn\u2019t adversely affect oral health, seek your dentist&#8217;s advice if you\u2019re taking contraceptive. In some cases, certain antibiotics that your dentist prescribes can lower birth control effectiveness. While birth control can affect your oral health, consulting with your dentist can help you manage any side effects.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-qubely-map qubely-block-0979f8\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Royal%20Dental%20Clinic%20%7C%20Same%20Day%20Dental%20Implant%20%26%20Cosmetic%20Treatment%2C%20Kandivali%20Thakur%20Complex%2C%20V%20Mall%2C%20Western%20Express%20Hwy%2C%20Kandivali%20East%2C%20Mumbai%2C%20Maharashtra%20400101&amp;t=&amp;z=16&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;iwloc=&amp;output=embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"350px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oral contraceptives or birth control pills used to prevent pregnancies in women which impacts oral health. They are a combination of estrogen and progesterone which are natural hormones present in female body.\u00a0\u00a0Birth control pills have adverse effect on gingival tissues as it causes exaggerated gingival inflammation. This gingival inflammation consist of mild\u00a0oedema erythema with\u00a0hemorrhagic\u00a0or hyper-plastic gingival tissues. Several mechanisms suggested for this exaggerated response in gingival tissue due to oral contraceptives. Because contraceptives made up of hormones to prevent fertility, taking birth control results in hormonal and oral health changes in women. Hence these changes can increase sensitivity to oral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[707,693],"tags":[389,396],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-preventive-dentistry","category-dental-consultation-guide","tag-dental-emergency","tag-oral-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66437,"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions\/66437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalimplant.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}