ArticleJournal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry2014
Gynecologists' knowledge and attitudes regarding oral health and periodontal disease leading to adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Article in Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Oral microflora and pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Perspectives and adherence of Iranian gynecologists to oral health care for pregnant women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Assessment of Pregnant Women's Knowledge, Attitudes, and Habits Regarding Oral Health: Development and Validation of a Measurement Instrument.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Article
- Awareness of Periodontal Health among Pregnant Females in Government Setting in United Arab Emirates.European journal of dentistry · 2024Article
- Oral and general health conditions involved in periodontal status during pregnancy: a prospective cohort study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Article
- Article
- Awareness, knowledge and attitude toward the relationship between periodontal health and pregnancy outcomes among obstetrician-gynecologist healthcare professionals in Turkey: Results of 11Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association · 2022Article
- Attitudes and knowledge of pregnant women about oral health.Journal of education and health promotion · 2022Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Spanish Midwives and Midwifery Students toward Oral Healthcare during Pregnancy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Observational
- Knowledge and Practices of Oral Health Care During Pregnancy: A Survey Among Swiss Dentists.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2020Article
- Dental care during pregnancy based on the pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system in Utah.BMC oral health · 2019Article
- Awareness of the effect of fluctuations in female sex hormone levels on periodontal health among obstetricians.Journal of advanced periodontology & implant dentistry · 2018Article
- What do antenatal care providers understand and do about oral health care during pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey in New South Wales, Australia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
- Knowledge, awareness, and practice among gynecologists, medical practitioners and dentists in Madurai regarding association between periodontitis and pregnancy outcomes.Journal of Indian Society of PeriodontologyArticle
- Vitamin D status and periodontal disease among pregnant and non-pregnant women in an underdeveloped district of Pakistan.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
- A comparative study to assess risk of oral candidiasis in pregnant and nonpregnant women.Journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFPArticle
- Periodontal health awareness among gynecologists in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
- Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Gynecologists Regarding Oral Health of Expectant Mothers of South Bengaluru, Karnataka.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryArticle
- Association of maternal periodontal health with preterm birth and a low birth weight among newborns: A cross-sectional study.National journal of maxillofacial surgeryArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesA cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge and practiced behaviors of gynecologists regarding oral health care during pregnancy and the association of periodontal disease with adverse pregnancy outcomes. MATERIALS AND
methodsA questionnaire consisting of 16 questions was designed and pilot tested. One hundred and fifty gynecologists practicing in the private sector of United Arab Emirates (UAE) were approached to voluntarily participate and fill up the questionnaire during February-March 2014. Data retrieved were entered into Excel database and analyzed using SPSS.
resultsOf the 150 gynecologists approached, 108 filled the questionnaire, yielding a response rate of 72%. The majority (95.4%) acknowledged a connection between oral health and pregnancy and 75.9% agreed that periodontal disease can affect the outcome of pregnancy. Moreover, most of the gynecologists (85.2%) advised their pregnant patients to visit the dentist during pregnancy. Almost three-quarter of the participants (73%) regarded dental radiographs to be unsafe during pregnancy and more than half (59.3%) considered administration of local anesthesia to be unsafe during pregnancy.
conclusionThe present study demonstrated that gynecologists have a relatively high degree of knowledge with respect to the relationship of periodontal disease to pregnancy outcome. However, there clearly exist misconceptions regarding the provision of dental treatment during pregnancy. To provide better oral health care, more knowledge needs to be made available to the pregnant women and the medical community, and misconceptions regarding the types of dental treatments during pregnancy should be clarified.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.