Open AccessKnowledge, awareness, and practice among gynecologists, medical practitioners and dentists in Madurai regarding association between periodontitis and pregnancy outcomes
Author(s) -
Rohini Govindasamy,
Mohan Narayanan,
Venkateswarapurm Rengaswami Balaji,
Manikandan Dhanasekaran,
B. Karthikeyan,
Ananthi Christopher
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/jisp.jisp_164_18
Subject(s) - medicine , periodontitis , family medicine , pregnancy , alternative medicine , dentistry , obstetrics , pathology , genetics , biology
The prevalence of oral disease during pregnancy affects the health of the fetus and mother. The interdisciplinary protocol between general dentists (GDs), gynecologists, and general medical practitioners (GMPs) is proved to reduce the incidence of maternal and neonatal complications.