A survey in BMCPregnancyChildbirth finds that women do not have enough knowledge about the importance of oral health during pregnancy. Gynecologists should inquire pregnant women if they have done dental examination.
]. The average age of the investigated group of women was 31.9 years and 45% of women gave a natural birth. The knowledge of the positive relationship between the appropriate oral health and correct course of pregnancy had only 16.5% of mothers before the pregnancy and as much as 59.5% got this information during the pregnancy, however, surprisingly, 24% of women still stated they did not have any awareness of these influences. In the work of Hom et al.
Dental examination before or right after pregnancy confirmation was carried out in 58.5% of women, and they had higher educational status and lived in a big city. The study of Llena et al. [] also confirmed such observations that better knowledge of oral health is related to the above determinants. As much as 81.5% of women described their oral cavity status before pregnancy as very good and good and this group of women had also higher education.
In this study the discomfort with the calculus or/and small caries defects during pregnancy were reported by 18.5% of women mainly with primary and vocational status education. General oral complaints concerning teeth or gums during pregnancy were reported by 41.5% women including gingival bleeding and the feeling of gingival overgrowth.
]. At the same time the authors underlined variability of the studies in the aspect of diagnosis of periodontitis and the presence of other risk factors as covariables.Nowadays, orthodontic treatment is very popular, especially among young women, sometimes also because of esthetic reasons [
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