Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2012, 156(4):337-341 | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2012.045

Oral health status of women with high-risk pregnancies

Vlasta Merglovaa, Hana Hecovaa, Jaroslava Stehlikovaa, Pavel Chaloupkab
a Dentistry Department, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
b Gynaecological and Obstetrics Department, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the oral health status of women with high-risk pregnancies.

Methods: A case-control study of 142 pregnant women was conducted. The case group included 81 pregnant women with high-risk pregnancies, while 61 women with normal pregnancies served as controls. The following variables were recorded for each woman: age, general health status, DMF, CPITN, and PBI index, amounts of Streptococcus mutans in the saliva and dental treatment needs. The Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test, t-test and chi-squared test were used for statistical analyses.

Results: Statistically significant differences were detected between the PBI indices and dental treatment needs of the two groups. Out of the entire study cohort, 77% of the women in the case group and 52% of the women in the control group required dental treatment.

Conclusion: In this study, women with complications during pregnancy had severe gingivitis and needed more frequent dental treatment than those in the control group.

Keywords: normal pregnancy, high-risk pregnancy, dental caries, periodontal disease, Streptococcus mutans

Received: November 15, 2011; Accepted: April 12, 2012; Prepublished online: June 1, 2012; Published: December 12, 2012  Show citation

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Merglova, V., Hecova, H., Stehlikova, J., & Chaloupka, P. (2012). Oral health status of women with high-risk pregnancies. Biomedical papers, 156(4), 337-341. doi: 10.5507/bp.2012.045
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