An investigation on the knowledge and behavior of dental health of pregnant and non-pregnant women
GE Xin
LIU Fen
ZHOU Zhi-fei
CHEN Yu-jiang
XU Xiao-meng
ZHANG Bai-ze
WANG Jun-hui
WANG Xiao-jing
Abstract：AIM:To investigate the knowledge and attitude of pregnant females about oral health on oral health and adverse pregnancy outcomes.METHODS:348 pregnant and 317 non-pregnant women answered a questionnaire which comprised of questions on socio-demographic data,oral hygiene knowledge,attitude,oral hygiene practice and their awareness regarding the correlation of oral health to adverse pregnancy outcomes.Data were analyzed using SPSS software.RESULTS:Results indicated that after pregnancy,no further knowledge had been imparted to the women.94.8％ women of pregnancy group had received no knowledge from the gynaecologist regarding the impact of oral health on pregnancy outcomes.8.1％ of pregnant women and 2.7％ of non pregnant women did not go for routine dental check-up.Only 19.3％ of pregnant women were aware of oral health having a correlation with adverse pregnancy outcomes.CONCLUSION:More knowledge and oral health care should be provided for pregnant women.
Keywords：pregnancyoral healthperiodontitispreterm labourlow birth weight
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 649-655 )