Knowledge and Attitudes of Pregnant Women About Oral Health

Nogueira, Brenna Magdalena Lima; Nogueira, Bárbara Catarina Lima; Fonseca, Ricardo Roberto de Souza; Brandão, Gustavo Antônio Martins; Menezes, Tatiany Oliveira de Alencar; Tembra, Dinair Pamplona dos Santos

doi:10.4067/s0718-381x2016000200017

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“…In the same line; Nogueira et al observed that about four fifths of the participated women did not attend dental clinic during pregnancy. 19 In referral to cause of not visiting dentist during pregnancy; more than two thirds of the pregnant women (68.0%) answered that dental checkup is not important during pregnancy. This may be due to that most of pregnant women keep on antenatal appointment to check fetus health status and they are not aware about the negative effect of bad oral health on their fetal health.…”

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“…15 Moreover; Shabbir et al recorded that less than two thirds of the pregnant women cleaned their teeth once daily while Nogueira et al recorded that the vast majority of the pregnant women brushed their teeth every day. 14,19 On the other hand; Chawla et al reported that only less than one tenth of the pregnant women brushed their teeth twice a day. 12 Findings of the current study showed that slightly more than one quarter of the pregnant women visited the dentist during the last six months; more than one half of them were suffered from painful teeth.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of oral healthcare among pregnant women in Assiut, Egypt

Khalaf

Osman

Abbas

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Pregnancy is an important time in a woman's life with many complex physiological changes that may occur. These changes may negatively affect their oral health. The study aimed to assess oral health knowledge, attitude and reported practices among pregnant women in Assiut Governorate.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. A structured interview questionnaire was used; included two tools: Tool (I); part (1) personal data, part (2): assessment of knowledge about oral health, part (3): reported practices of oral health and tool (II): included pregnant women attitude toward oral health.Results: the study revealed that: 79.7% of the interviewed women were aged ≤30 years, 82.5% of them were from rural area. Illiterate women represented 33.2% of the studied group. 85.5% of the pregnant women were housewives. Positive attitude toward oral hygiene was significantly higher among urban, educated, working and primigravidae (p=0.007, 0.03, <0.0001 and 0.04 respectively). Practices of daily cleaning of the teeth was higher among urban than rural residents (79.7% versus 46.8% respectively), university educated (89.3%) than other groups, and working women than housewives (84.9% versus 47.1%)with statistical significant difference while neither age nor number of pregnancies affected daily teeth cleaning.Conclusions: Being highly educated, working and of urban residence positively affected both the oral hygiene attitude and practices among interviewed pregnant women.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of oral healthcare among pregnant women in Assiut, Egypt

Khalaf

Osman

Abbas

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…These results were contrasted to other studies reporting maximum number of patients 61.3% having bad taste with 62.5% bad breath, 56.2% had sensitivity, 38.8% tooth ache and 31.3% having bleeding gums. 11 The three general obstacles for not counselling dental practitioners were lack of knowledge 28%, myths like dental treatments may harm the baby 11% and financial issues in 8.5% but above all three the maximum number of 37% reported that they were unaware (Figure-2). Another study demonstrated divergent reasons like long holding up hours 53.7%, long distances 24.4% and negative attitude of medical workers 9.8%.…”

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Oral Health;

Memon

2019

TPMJ

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Introduction: Pregnancy is a high risk factor not only for the mother but for the fetus as well. Certain oral changes especially bleeding gums, loosening of teeth, bad breath altered taste etc occurs secondary to factors like hormonal changes, lack of oral hygiene maintenance, diet, failure to visit dentist despite of having problems. Now a day along with that some other serious issues like low birth weight, pre-term labour, pre- eclampsia and certain oral infections have also been noticed. A study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge of pregnant patients regarding their oral health status, issues and the complications reported to the fetus so that necessary measures could be taken in addition to antenatal care for the health and benefit of mother and the fetus. Objectives: Assess the general and oral health status of expectant mothers along with their knowledge regarding the associated complications to fetus. Study Design: Random cross - sectional study design. Setting: Isra University Hospital. Period: August 2017 to January 2018. Methodology: A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the general and oral health status of expectant mothers along with their knowledge regarding the associated complications to fetus. Collected data was statistically analysed by using spss version 17. Conclusion: This study provided an invaluable awareness regarding knowledge of pregnant females. Majority of them were poorly educated, did not know even about simple methods of oral hygiene maintenance, refused to visit dentists rather of having problems and above all were completely unaware about the possible risks and hazards to their baby secondary to oral health issues. Thus it was felt deemed necessary to aware and educate expectant mothers regarding routine oral checkup during antenatal period.

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“…37,45 Age may act as a confounding factor in this context as young mothers may be more enthusiastic to learn and build a healthy attitude towards oral hygiene maintenance. 46…”

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Prevalence of Gingivitis in Second Trimester of Pregnancy

Shrestha

Pradhan²,

Baral

2020

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Background: There is rare documentation on the prevalence of gingivitis in pregnancy in the least developed countries. The aim of the study is to evaluate the prevalence of gingivitis in the second trimester of pregnancy and assess its relationship with age, parity, education, occupation, gravidity, oral hygiene habit and frequency of brushing.Methods: An observational descriptive study was conducted among 384 pregnant females in their second trimester in Kathmandu, Nepal. Demographic variables and general information including those related to oral hygiene practices and habits were collected during an interview. Plaque index and Gingival Index was recorded among the patients through full mouth examination at four sites.Results: The prevalence of gingivitis in the second trimester of pregnancy was 76.3%. Statistically significant relationship was found between gingivitis and gravida and parity. A relation could not be established between gingivitis with age, education, occupation, oral hygiene habit and frequency of brushing.Conclusions: The prevalence of gingivitis is found to be high in Nepalese pregnant women. Special strategies should be introduced targetting the pregnant women of least developed countries to uplift their periodontal health.

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Pregnant Women About Oral Health

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