Oral health investigation and analysis of oral health of 212 migrant women of childbearing age in Xi'an city
LI Xinyan
YANG Hongjuan
ZHANG Yi
ZHANG Bingxin
XIANG Xiaomei
Abstract：Objective To investigate and analyze the oral health status and knowledge,attitude and practice(KAP)of oral health among floating reproductive-aged women in Xi'an,and to provide a theoretical basis for the formulation and optimization of public health policies related to oral health for this group.Methods A total of 212 randomly selected floating reproductive-aged women who came from Xi'an Women's and Children's hospital for premarital or preconception check-ups in Xi'an were examined for oral health and their KAP regarding oral health was surveyed.Results Among the 212 floating reproductive-aged women in Xi'an,the prevalence of dental caries was 50.47％,the rate of healthy periodontal status was only 14.15％,the rate of periodontal probing calculus was 80.66％,the detection rate of gingival bleeding was 52.36％,the rate of shallow periodontal pockets was 13.67％,the rate of deep periodontal pockets was 1.42％,and the prevalence of impacted wisdom teeth was 69.81％.The periodontal status of floating reproductive-aged women in Xi'an was affected by their teeth-cleaning habits.Women with teeth-cleaning habits had better periodontal status.Conclusion The oral health status of floating reproductive-aged women in Xi'an is worrying,and their awareness of oral health needs to be improved.It is recommended that they develop the habit of teeth cleaning.
Keywords：floating reproductive-aged womenoral healthknowledgeattitudepractice(KAP)current situationinvestigation
Publication Date：2025-08-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-09-24(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 472-475 )