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Oral health knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in India: A systematic review

Pregnancy is a unique period during a woman's life and is characterized by complex physiological changes, which may adversely affect oral health. The present systematic review was conducted to assess knowledge and awareness regarding oral health among pregnant women in India. Relevant cross-sec...

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Autores principales: Gambhir, Ramandeep Singh, Nirola, Ashutosh, Gupta, Tarun, Sekhon, Tegbir Singh, Anand, Samir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4753703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26941509
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.162196
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author Gambhir, Ramandeep Singh
Nirola, Ashutosh
Gupta, Tarun
Sekhon, Tegbir Singh
Anand, Samir
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description Pregnancy is a unique period during a woman's life and is characterized by complex physiological changes, which may adversely affect oral health. The present systematic review was conducted to assess knowledge and awareness regarding oral health among pregnant women in India. Relevant cross-sectional observational studies were included in the systematic review to assess the level of knowledge and awareness regarding oral health among pregnant women in India. Seven studies out of 255 were finally included in the present review after conducting both electronic and manual search of scientific databases. Potential biases were reported and appropriate data were extracted by the concerned investigators. Almost 67% of the subjects had good knowledge and awareness regarding oral health in one of the study findings. Knowledge regarding effect of decayed teeth on the appearance of the people was significantly related to the parity status of the subjects (P = 0.024) in other study reports. Very few subjects (17.1% and 37.5%) felt the need for visiting a dentist during pregnancy in two studies. The results of the present review showed that pregnant women had poor knowledge and awareness regarding oral health. Therefore, there is an urgent need for education and motivation of expectant mothers regarding oral health through various health promotion interventions.
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spelling pubmed-47537032016-03-03 Oral health knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in India: A systematic review Gambhir, Ramandeep Singh Nirola, Ashutosh Gupta, Tarun Sekhon, Tegbir Singh Anand, Samir J Indian Soc Periodontol Review Article Pregnancy is a unique period during a woman's life and is characterized by complex physiological changes, which may adversely affect oral health. The present systematic review was conducted to assess knowledge and awareness regarding oral health among pregnant women in India. Relevant cross-sectional observational studies were included in the systematic review to assess the level of knowledge and awareness regarding oral health among pregnant women in India. Seven studies out of 255 were finally included in the present review after conducting both electronic and manual search of scientific databases. Potential biases were reported and appropriate data were extracted by the concerned investigators. Almost 67% of the subjects had good knowledge and awareness regarding oral health in one of the study findings. Knowledge regarding effect of decayed teeth on the appearance of the people was significantly related to the parity status of the subjects (P = 0.024) in other study reports. Very few subjects (17.1% and 37.5%) felt the need for visiting a dentist during pregnancy in two studies. The results of the present review showed that pregnant women had poor knowledge and awareness regarding oral health. Therefore, there is an urgent need for education and motivation of expectant mothers regarding oral health through various health promotion interventions. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4753703/ /pubmed/26941509 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.162196 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Sekhon, Tegbir Singh
Anand, Samir
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title Oral health knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in India: A systematic review
title_full Oral health knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in India: A systematic review
title_fullStr Oral health knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in India: A systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Oral health knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in India: A systematic review
title_short Oral health knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in India: A systematic review
title_sort oral health knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in india: a systematic review
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4753703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26941509
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.162196
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