Bhaskar Bindu V, Thomas Susan, Kumar Jishnu Krishna, Gomez Mary Shimi S
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):4396-4400. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_765_20. eCollection 2020 Aug.
Antenatal oral care has been given least priority on a global scale. The study assesses self-perception of oral health knowledge and related behaviors among antenatal mothers.
A cross-sectional study was done among 400 pregnant women attending antenatal care clinic of a tertiary care center in Kerala, India. Details regarding knowledge, attitude, and practice were obtained, after getting an informed consent. The dental caries experience and gingival status were measured. To test the significance ( ≤ 0.05) between variables, Chi-square test was used.
Poor oral health knowledge was observed among 75.5% of the pregnant mothers. Oral health problems were reported by 63.2% of them. Low priority for oral health (59.4%) and fear for fetal safety (17.5%) were the reasons for delaying dental services. Oral examination showed that more than half of the study subjects had a high prevalence of dental caries (67.5%) and low gingival bleeding status (26.2%). The study highlights that more than half of the study population (60.8%) were influenced by the elderly in the family to avoid certain food items. A better oral health knowledge was observed among the upper middle class (OR - 2.8) who had visited dentists within the last six months (OR - 3.6) and child bearing mothers (OR- 0.46) ( ≤ 0.05).
在全球范围内，产前口腔护理最不受重视。本研究评估了产前母亲对口腔健康知识的自我认知及相关行为。
在印度喀拉拉邦一家三级护理中心的产前护理诊所对400名孕妇进行了一项横断面研究。在获得知情同意后，获取了有关知识、态度和行为的详细信息。测量了龋齿经历和牙龈状况。为检验变量之间的显著性（≤0.05），使用了卡方检验。
75.5%的孕妇口腔健康知识较差。63.2%的孕妇报告有口腔健康问题。口腔健康优先级低（59.4%）和担心胎儿安全（17.5%）是推迟牙科服务的原因。口腔检查显示，超过一半的研究对象龋齿患病率高（67.5%），牙龈出血状况低（26.2%）。该研究强调，超过一半的研究人群（60.8%）受家庭中老年人影响而避免某些食物。在过去六个月内看过牙医的中上层阶级（比值比 - 2.8）、已育有子女的母亲（比值比 - 0.46）中观察到较好的口腔健康知识（≤0.05）。
