ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020
Self-perception on oral health and related behaviours among antenatal mothers attending a public antenatal clinic - Kerala.
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- Barriers and facilitators of oral health care utilization among pregnant women: a mixed-methods systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Oral healthcare access: self-perceived barriers faced during pregnancy - a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Utilization of dental care services among adult Indian population: A meta-analysis of evidence from 2011-2022.Health promotion perspectives · 2022Pooled it
- Maternal Knowledge of Oral Health During Pregnancy and Early Childhood: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2026Review
- Oral health locus of control in pregnant women with diabetes: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
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- Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Literacy of Pregnant Women: A Scoping Review.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2023Article
- The prevalence and socio-behavioural and clinical covariates of oral health related quality of life in Ugandan mothers with and without HIV-1.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2021Article
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Abstract
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aimsAntenatal 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.
methodA 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 (
resultsPoor 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) (
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