Shanthi Vanka, Vanka Amit, Bhambal Ajay, Saxena Vrinda, Saxena Sudhanshu, Kumar Sahana Shiv
Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bhopal, India.
Dent Res J (Isfahan). 2012 Jul;9(4):368-80.
The mouth serves as a mirror to general health and also as a portal for disease to the rest of the body. Since the old wives' tale of "the loss of a tooth for every pregnancy", oral health during pregnancy has long been a focus of interest. In the past decade, there has been mounting scientific evidence suggesting that periodontal disease may play an important role as a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Considering all the above stated factors this systematic review is aimed to focus on the association of periodontal diseases to preterm and low-birth weight (LBW) babies. In view of the large body of literature the review is limited to studies identified by computer searching. Hand searching of journals and gathering of unpublished reports and conference proceedings was outside the scope of the review. The PubMed database was searched using the search terms: periodontitis, preterm, LBW. The titles, authors, and abstracts from all studies identified by the electronic search were printed and reviewed independently on the basis of keywords, title and abstract, to determine whether these met the inclusion criteria. The electronic search identified 68 papers. After review of the study title, keywords and abstracts, 62 papers were identified potentially meeting inclusion criteria. Generally, all the studies reviewed in the paper suggest that periodontal disease may be a potential risk factor for preterm LBW babies.
口腔是整体健康的一面镜子，也是疾病侵入身体其他部位的一个入口。自从有了“每一胎都会掉一颗牙”的民间说法以来，孕期口腔健康一直备受关注。在过去十年中，越来越多的科学证据表明，牙周疾病可能作为不良妊娠结局的一个风险因素发挥重要作用。考虑到上述所有因素，本系统综述旨在聚焦牙周疾病与早产及低体重儿之间的关联。鉴于大量的文献资料，本综述仅限于通过计算机检索所确定的研究。手工查阅期刊以及收集未发表的报告和会议论文集不在本综述范围之内。使用搜索词“牙周炎、早产、低体重”在PubMed数据库进行检索。对电子检索所确定的所有研究的标题、作者和摘要进行打印，并根据关键词、标题和摘要独立进行审查，以确定这些研究是否符合纳入标准。电子检索共识别出68篇论文。在对研究标题、关键词和摘要进行审查之后，确定有62篇论文可能符合纳入标准。总体而言，本文所综述的所有研究均表明，牙周疾病可能是早产低体重儿的一个潜在风险因素。
