Abstract

YLLESCA-YLLESCA, Ivonne; MANRIQUE-CHAVEZ, Jorge Enrique  and  CHAVEZ-REATEGUI, Beatriz Del Carmen. Epidemiology of periodontal disease and oral hygiene in pregnant and breastfeeding women of a marginal. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2015, vol.25, n.4, pp.255-261. ISSN 1019-4355.

Objective: To compare the epidemiology of periodontal disease and oral hygiene among women who are in gestation and women who are breast-feeding from a marginal urban community in Lima- Peru in 2014. Materials and Methods:Forty women grouped by trimester of gestation and forty women grouped by bimester of lactation were evaluated using the simplified oral hygiene index, community periodontal index and the loss of attachment index. Results: Statistical tests Chi Square and Fisher Exact Test was performed to compare both groups. No statistically significant differences between pregnant and lactating comparing oral hygiene, bleeding on probing and loss of attachment was found. However, significant differences were found with respect to the periodontal pockets, being most prevalent in pregnant women. It is also important to mention that periodontal pockets progressively decreased progressed during bimester of lactation. Conclusion: During pregnancy, more epidemiological characteristics of periodontal disease were presented than in the period of breastfeeding, even though both groups had the same conditions of oral hygiene.

Keywords : Periodontal diseases; oral hygiene; oral health; pregnancy; breast feeding.

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