STUDY OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ORAL DISEASES AND PREMATURE DELIVERY

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592522209093

• Palavras-chave: caries disease, periodontal disease, puerperal women, premature births

• Keywords: caries disease, periodontal disease, puerperal women, premature births

• Abstract:

  The concern to relate oral disease with gestational problems has been the subject of several studies, with often conflicting results.

  Goal: to evaluate the association of caries and periodontal diseases with premature births in postpartum women from a public maternity hospital in northeastern Brazil

  Materials and methods: this is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 61 postpartum women and their babies who were interns in the wards of Instituto Cândida Vargas. The sample calculation was based on the estimated population served at this institution in the study's time interval, which lasted four months. For the analysis of oral diseases, the women were examined and the values for the CPOD and periodontal caries (CPI) indices were obtained. Gestational age was obtained from the respective medical records.

  Results: The CPOD index showed an average result of 8.4, the CPI index presented the same value. The mean gestational age was 36 weeks and of the 61 postpartum women, 30 had premature births.

  Conclusion: The DMFT and CPI indices demonstrated the experience of caries and periodontal diseases in the sample. Despite a statistically significant correlation between the mother's DMFT index and the event of premature birth of the babies, it cannot be said that this correlation was the only determinant, further investigations are suggested.

• Número de páginas: 11