Frey-Furtado Leonor, Fonseca Maeva, Melo Paulo, Listl Stefan, Pereira Maria Lurdes
EPIUnit of Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR) of Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
BMC Public Health. 2025 Apr 14;25(1):1394. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22593-8.
Pregnancy encompasses physiological changes that impact oral health. Despite oral health care's importance, pregnant women underutilize these services due to various barriers. This systematic review aims to assess the self-reported barriers that hinder pregnant women's access to oral healthcare worldwide.
The PRISMA checklist was followed and PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus were screened for articles. The barriers that prevent pregnant women from accessing oral healthcare were analysed based on three dimensions - availability, affordability, and acceptability.
From a total of 942 articles, 31 were selected. The predominant barriers were the costs of dental care, lack of literacy, namely the misconception about dental care safety to the foetus, and limited oral health awareness.
Addressing these barriers requires a comprehensive policy framework and resource allocation, integrating oral health into perinatal care, and raising awareness among non-dental healthcare professionals.
怀孕包含影响口腔健康的生理变化。尽管口腔保健很重要，但由于各种障碍，孕妇对这些服务的利用率很低。本系统评价旨在评估阻碍全球孕妇获得口腔保健服务的自我报告障碍。
遵循PRISMA清单，对PubMed、科学网和Scopus进行文章筛选。基于可及性、可负担性和可接受性三个维度，分析了阻碍孕妇获得口腔保健服务的障碍。
在总共942篇文章中，选取了31篇。主要障碍包括牙科护理费用、文化程度低，即对胎儿牙科护理安全性的误解，以及口腔健康意识有限。
解决这些障碍需要一个全面的政策框架和资源分配，将口腔健康纳入围产期护理，并提高非牙科医疗专业人员的认识。
