Dental work

[nogutsnoglory]

Can I have dental work (cavity) fixed while on Cimzia? I know bacteria releases and you bleed during a drilling.

 

[Jennifer]

"Tell your doctor or dentist that you take Cimzia before you receive any medical or dental care, emergency care, or surgery." http://www.drugs.com/cdi/cimzia.html

Doesn't sound like its impossible to have dental work done but mainly sounds like dental work needs to be timed properly.

 

[nogutsnoglory]

Thanks that's what I thought. It's unfortunate that a little task like fixing a cavity requires timing and thinking to avoid problems.

 

[2thFairy]

I had 2 cavities filled while on Remicade. I let the dentist know in advance and also checked with my GI to make sure it was okay before I had the work done. Everything went fine without any infections anywhere. Good luck!

 

[nogutsnoglory]

Did they tell you to be on the lookout for symptoms of developing an infection? Is there anything that can be done as a preventive?

 

[GutlessWonder86]

I always give my dentist a computer printout of all of my medications, medication allergies, side effects of meds, a list of all of my doctors including their address, phone/fax, the name of my pharmacy including the address, phone/fax.

This way if any kind of dental work has to be done, he knows EVERYTHING and if he has questions, he can ask me or call my GI.