Oral Health and Dental Management

Oral hygiene and dental health among pregnant women attending in a selected hospital in Dhaka city: A cross sectional study

12^th World Congress on Dentistry and Oral Health

August 04-05, 2016 Manchester, UK

Mst Mostary Zannath, Masuma Akter, Ayasha Akter, Md Ranzu Ahmed and Sk Akhtar Ahmad

Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Bangladesh
Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Ad-din Women�??s Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Introduction: Pregnancy can have an important effect on oral health. During pregnancy some physiological changes are found to affect oral health. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the status of oral hygiene and dental health among pregnant women attended in a selected hospital of Dhaka city. Method: This was a cross sectional study carried out amongst the pregnant women who visited outpatient department of Ad-din Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka. A total of 210 study samples were taken from 10th September to 10th December 2014. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 27±5 years. Majority of the respondents were illiterate or had education up to primary level. Regarding oral health care, 38% of the pregnant women were found to brush their teeth twice in a day while before pregnancy a lower proportion (27%) of them were found to brush twice in a day and the difference was statistically significant (�?2=5.094; p=0.024). Similarly after pregnancy, significantly a higher proportion (33%) of the respondent were found to floss every day (�?2=5.094; p=0.024). On examination it was found that majority of the pregnant women were suffering from some kind of oral diseases and the diseases were gum bleeding (23.8%), swelling of gum (24.0%), history of previous gum bleeding (4.0%) , gingivitis (31.0%), calculus (15.0%), pregnancy epulis (11.0%), toothache (7.7%), cavities (5.5%), sensitive teeth (3.3%), angular stomatitis (6.0%), pericoronitis (4.7%), 3rd molar impacted ( 15.0%), swelling of face (7.0%), life threatening condition (1.0%), pain or infection with gross caries (45.0%) and tooth mobility (6.0%). Conclusion: A higher proportion of pregnant women were found to concern more about oral health. However, majority of the pregnant women were found to suffer from some oral diseases which are known to be associated with pregnancy.

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