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Odontologia Clínico-Científica (Online)

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BASTIANI, Cristiane et al. Pregnant's knowledge about oral alterations and dental treatment during pregnancy. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.2, pp. 155-160. ISSN 1677-3888.

The oral health during the pregnancy is a very important issue, but the majority of the population does not have access to the information related to the oral alterations that might occur during this period. Based on this fact, the aim of this study was to evaluate the pregnant knowledge about prevention, consequences and treatment of the possible alterations developed during the pregnancy. A questionnaire composed by multiple-choice and discursive questions was applied to 80 pregnant from private practices and Basic Health Units in Maringá-PR. The results show that few pregnant (33%) received information about how to maintain their oral health and, although 68,75% of the interviewed believed that they could receive the dental treatment without risks for the baby, only 40% had looked for dental attendance. Moreover, they don't know how to avoid gingivitis (80%), they associate dental caries occurrence with pregnancy (48,75%), and the majority demonstrated no knowledge about the influence of the oral disturbances on the baby's general health (73,75%). It could be concluded that persists the necessity of frequent information about oral health to the pregnant, greater integration between doctors and dentists and better knowledge about the security of the dental treatment.

Palavras-chave : Knowledge; Oral Health; Pregnancy; Child.

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