RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Merglova, Vlasta
A1 Hecova, Hana
A1 Stehlikova, Jaroslava
A1 Chaloupka, Pavel
T1 Oral health status of women with high-risk pregnancies
JF Biomedical papers
YR 2012
VO 156
IS 4
SP 337
OP 341
DO 10.5507/bp.2012.045
UL https://biomed.papers.upol.cz/artkey/bio-201204-0007.php
AB 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.