Avaliação clinica das condições periodontais de gestantes hospitalizadas.

Abstract

Introduction: The need for oral care during gestation is due to the reason that periodontal infections could spread through the bloodstream, cause harm to the fetus and encourage premature birth. Rationale: Most pregnant women are not aware of or have received information about the damages caused by poor oral hygiene for both mother and baby. Objective: This cross-sectional, observational, analytical study aims to evaluate the occurrence of changes reported by pregnant women hospitalized at the Obstetric and Maternity Center of Santa Cruz Hospital. Results: From the 15 pregnant women examined, aged between 18 and 40 years, 100% presented signs of the disease. The results were obtained from the periodontal condition, using the Community Periodontal Index, recommended by the World Health Organization. 12 presented a code 3 (shallow periodontal pocket 4 to 5 mm), 73.33% and 09 presented code 4 (deep periodontal pocket 6 mm or more) 60%. Conclusion: The findings allow us to affirm that gingivitis was the main clinical manifestation of periodontal disease in the pregnant women examined, and the presence of a periodontal pocket was significantly found.