DOES PERIODONTAL TREATMENT PREVENT ADVERSE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES A LITERATURE REVIEW

Authors

  • Afsheen Tabassum Department of Preventive dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, College of Dentistry Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v8i4.564

Abstract

Objectives:Periodontal disease is considered responsible for adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth (PTB) and low birth weight (LBW).PTB and LBW is the leading cause of death among children under five years of age. Therefore, this review aimed to investigate if periodontal treatment can prevent these adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Materials & Methods:The search was conducted through Medline using several keywords. No language or year of publication restriction was entered while searching the Medline. The last search was done in October 2018. An only systematic review that included a randomized clinical trial and followed the systematic search strategy to answer the clearly defined question was included.
Results:Most of the selected articles have not observed any clear effect of periodontal therapy on reducing adverse pregnancy outcome. However, few studies concluded that periodontal treatment is effective in reducing adverse pregnancy outcome only in high-risk patients with periodontitis. All studies emphasize that periodontal treatment is safe and effective for the periodontal disease and appropriate time for providing periodontal treatment is in the second trimester.
Conclusion:There is not enough evidence to support that periodontal therapy during pregnancy effect in reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes such as PTB and LBW. There is only limited evidence that periodontal treatment is effective in high-risk pregnant women. Further studies should be conducted with a focus on the type of periodontal disease present during pregnancy,
time, and nature of treatment provided.

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Published

2018-12-31

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Tabassum, A. (2018). DOES PERIODONTAL TREATMENT PREVENT ADVERSE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES A LITERATURE REVIEW. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 8(4), 22–27. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v8i4.564

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Vol. 8 No. 4 (2018): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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