Merit Research Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences (ISSN: 2354-323X) Vol. 10(8) pp. 207-212, August, 2022 Available online http://www.meritresearchjournals.org/mms/index.htm Copyright © 2022 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article Original Research Article Use of Dental Medications During Lactation Sandrine Ribeiro Amarante 1* , Luana Martins Curcino 1 , Kássia Justo Coelho Margute Thiago Quirino Mota da Silva 3 , Túlio Garcia Margute 4 , Max Soares Maione 5 , Andrei Rabenschlag Rossato 6 , Tiago Garcia Margute 7 , Igor Fonseca dos Santos 8 Abstract 1 ULBRA, Palmas, TO, Brazil. 2 Department of Implantology, FACOP, SP, Bauru, Brazil. 3 Department of Implantology, CEUMA, MA, São Luis, Brazil. 4 Department of Phrostodontics, FACOP, SP, Bauru, Brazil. 5 Medical student, Faculdade de Medicina, UFT, Palmas/TO, Brazil. 6 Department of Implantology, São Leopoldo Mandic, SP, Campinas, Brazil. 7 Department of Implantology, FACOP, SP, Bauru, Brazil. 8 Department of Medicine and Dentistry, UNIRG, Paraíso do Tocantins, CEULP- ULBRA, IOA, Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. *Corresponding Author's E-mail: tiagomargute@hotmail.com Phone: +XX (48) 9 9919-9905 . There has been a growing number of women who use drugs during breastfeeding, with most of these drugs being compatible with this period. The objective of this research was to correlate the use of dental medications with the lactation period, and whether there were drugs passing through breast milk, as well as whether or not mothers should stop breastfeeding when they are taking medication. Among the drugs that were found, we highlight the antimicrobials, analgesics, local anesthetics, benzodiazepines and tricyclic antidepressants. These being like the drugs of greater consumption among the infants, according to the consulted literature. The study was carried out by means of a literature review of August 2018, in June 2019 in which articles were searched in Portuguese, Spanish, English language and books searched in the library of the Lutheran University of Palmas. We searched databases such as LILACS, ACADEMIC GOOGLE, PUBMED, LACTMED, and SCIELO, with articles from the years 1988 to 2019. It was noticed that the drugs were mostly compatible with breastfeeding, except that some drugs that have appeared in breast milk in small quantities, others have not presented enough research, but that until now are compatible with lactation. Keywords: Breastfeeding, Lactation, Pharmacology INTRODUCTION Breastfeeding has well-defined benefits, for both the mother and the baby, in addition to creating a moment of affective relationship, it is rich food that protects the child from infections, decreased risks of diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and consequently helps in the development of the face and speech, and opting to stop breastfeeding should only be discouraged if there is any evidence of drugs ingested by the mother and present in the milk and does not have information about the drugs (Ministério da Saúde, 2010). Although breastfeeding is of great importance, there are cases in which professionals must make exceptions and investigate the benefits and harms of the combination of medicines during lactation (Bedran, 1988). The consumption of medication during pregnancy can become a common practice, as well as concern whether such drugs are excreted in breast milk, and if the breastfeeding mother’s need to interrupt breastfeeding (Bedran, 1988). Most drugs are compatible with the lactation period, even though they are eliminated in the milk, and generally their concentration does not exceed 1 to 2% of the dose ingested by the mother (Chaves, 2007). The amount of medicines present in milk depends on several factors, among them, the volume and concent-