HÁBITOS ALIMENTARES E DE HIGIENE ORAL INFLUENCIANDO A SAÚDE BUCAL DA GESTANTE

This work was carried out in 2003 and objectified to investigate food habits and the disregard of the oral hygiene as riskfactors for caries development and periodontal illness in pregnant patients. 34 women were assessed, between 2 and 9 months of gestation,users of a Public Health Unit in Curitiba Metropolitan Area. The authors elaborated and applied, in all the sample, a protocol withodontogram for accomplishment of simplified examination, and presented questions on food habits and oral hygiene. The results shoed that56% of the pregnant had caries, 44% had poor hygiene and 56% did not use dental floss. Low frequency to the dentist’s was 77%, and isdemonstrated by the index of calculation of 56%. From the analyzed women, 100% used sugar to sweeten food and 53% presented highdaily frequency of sugar intake.