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MEDEIROS-SERPA, Eliane  e  FREIRE, Priscila Lima de Luna. Perception of pregnants from João pessoa - pb on the oral health of its babies. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2012, vol.11, n.2, pp. 121-125. ISSN 1677-3888.

Aim: to verify the pregnant women's knowledge, from João Pessoa city, in relation to their chidren's oral health. Methodology: the population consisted of 80 pregnant women attended at 13 Family Health Units of Sanitary District III. It was used a questionnaire about the myths, prevention and the dental behavior of the mothers, in relation to their children. The results were analyzed in the form of frequency and percentage. Results: 75% of the interviewed did not receive any information about oral health, most of them knew it was important the first dental visit before one year old (66.2%); the non nutritive sucking habit (85%) and the role of oral hygiene in the decay prevention (86.3%). But, the night breast feeding was identified as dangerous only for 10% of the sample. The dentist was the main responsible for the orientation about the baby's oral health for 18.9% of the mothers - to - come. Conclusion: few women received any kind of dental assistance or information during pregnancy; however most of all showed a reasonable knowledge about dental caries etiological factors, mainly which concerns the importance of oral hygiene and the deleterious effects of the sweets and non-nutritive sucking habits.

Palavras-chave : Pregnant women; Oral health; Dental care for children.