PMID- 1752999
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19920130
LR  - 20220317
IS  - 0303-6979 (Print)
IS  - 0303-6979 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 10
DP  - 1991 Nov
TI  - Periodontal condition of pregnant women assessed by CPITN.
PG  - 751-4
AB  - The periodontal conditions of 2424 pregnant and 1565 non-pregnant women were 
      assessed according to the community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN). 
      The aim of this survey was to obtain information which is necessary for the 
      planning of preventive programs of periodontal disease for pregnant women. 95% of 
      the pregnant women and 96% of the non-pregnant women had some signs of 
      periodontal disease. The % of pregnant women having 4 or 5 mm pockets was 
      significantly higher than that of non-pregnant women, increased with the month of 
      pregnancy, reached a maximum of 31% in the 8-month group, but decreased to the 
      control level in the 9-month group. These changes were interpreted to suggest 
      that the increase of pocket depth during pregnancy was caused by gingival 
      enlargement rather than by periodontal destruction. The results show that 
      pregnant women had a healthier periodontal condition when compared with 
      non-pregnant women, i.e., the number of sextants with healthy periodontal tissues 
      was higher, the % of people having deep pockets (6 mm or deeper) was lower, and 
      the need for prophylaxis was lower in pregnant than in non-pregnant women. These 
      findings suggest that a special program of periodontal disease prevention for 
      pregnant women is not necessary.
FAU - Miyazaki, H
AU  - Miyazaki H
AD  - Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu Dental College, Japan.
FAU - Yamashita, Y
AU  - Yamashita Y
FAU - Shirahama, R
AU  - Shirahama R
FAU - Goto-Kimura, K
AU  - Goto-Kimura K
FAU - Shimada, N
AU  - Shimada N
FAU - Sogame, A
AU  - Sogame A
FAU - Takehara, T
AU  - Takehara T
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Clin Periodontol
JT  - Journal of clinical periodontology
JID - 0425123
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Dental Calculus/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Gingival Hemorrhage/epidemiology
MH  - Health Services Needs and Demand/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Japan/epidemiology
MH  - Periodontal Diseases/*epidemiology
MH  - *Periodontal Index
MH  - Periodontal Pocket/epidemiology
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pregnancy Complications/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 1991/11/01 00:00
MHDA- 1991/11/01 00:01
CRDT- 1991/11/01 00:00
PHST- 1991/11/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1991/11/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1991/11/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1991.tb00067.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Periodontol. 1991 Nov;18(10):751-4. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1600-051x.1991.tb00067.x.