Maternal risk factors and periodontal disease: A cross-sectional study among postpartum mothers in Tamil Nadu | Zendy

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Maternal risk factors and periodontal disease: A cross-sectional study among postpartum mothers in Tamil Nadu

Author(s) -

Rohini Govindasamy,

Manikandan Dhanasekaran,

Sheeja Varghese,

V R Balaji,

B V Karthikeyan,

A Clark Christopher

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 0976-4879

pISSN - 0975-7406

DOI - 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_88_17

Subject(s) - medicine , periodontitis , obstetrics , odds ratio , low birth weight , risk factor , confounding , cross sectional study , confidence interval , pregnancy , birth weight , dentistry , pathology , biology , genetics

It is inconclusive that periodontitis is an independent risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes. This study aims to investigate the association between maternal periodontitis and preterm and/or low birth weight babies.

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