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Periodontal disease: Repercussions in pregnant woman and newborn health—A cohort study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Dec 05, 2019

Figueiredo MGOP, Takita SY, Dourado BMR, et al. - In this retrospective cohort study, based on medical records of 142 pregnant women served at a prenatal service of usual risk between 2012–2014, with a dental assessment for periodontal disease (PD), experts assessed the repercussion of PD in the health of a pregnant woman and the complications during pregnancy and delivery and negative outcomes for the newborn (like infections, prematurity, low birth weight and fetal growth restriction). In females diagnosed with severe periodontal disease (SPD), the odds ratios were 3.45 and 5.59 times greater for vulvovaginitis and premature rupture of membranes (PROM), respectively. Among neonates, for pregnant women with SPD, the chance of fetal growth restriction was 11.53 times higher. Thus, periodontal disease raised the possibility of neonatal and maternal negative outcomes, being the fetal growth restriction, vulvovaginitis, and PROM the main results prompted through the presence of Severe Periodontal Disease.
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