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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.11.5049

A Study on the Oral Health Behavior Status and Oral Health Awareness of Pregnant Women -Demographic Socialogical Variables-  

Lee, Sook-Jeong (Department of Dental Hygiene, Gimcheon University)
Choi, Gyu-Yil (Department of Dental Hygiene, Daegu health college)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.11, 2011 , pp. 5049-5055 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to emphasis the fact that the oral cavity should be well-managed as it is where the intake of the valuable nutrition for the baby is made, among many other important factors and changes that the pregnant women go through as they prepare for the birth of a human being for 10 months. For this, we surveyed the management of the oral hygiene and the awareness of oral health by the pregnant women. The result showed that the nauseating during the brushing of the teeth and the use of the oral hygienic products varied among different standard of lives with statistical significance. As for the standard of living, those in higher level showed also a higher level of the use, while the middle and low standard of living showed lower level of usage of the oral hygienic products. In case of the dental treatment during the pregnancy, most of the interviewees answered they do not receive dental treatment during pregnancy in the fear of bad influence on the baby and the potential risk of congenital anomaly. The perceived necessity of the education on the oral health was generally high. And, for the contents of such education, they preferred the timing of the dental treatment, the content of the treatment, and misunderstandings regarding the dental treatment.
Keywords
Pregnant women; Oral Health Status; oral health;
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