History of periodontal treatment and risk for intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)

• Main Authors: Cande V. Ananth (Author), Howard F. Andrews (Author), Panos N. Papapanou (Author), Angela M. Ward (Author), Emilie Bruzelius (Author), Mary Lee Conicella (Author), David A. Albert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To explore the hypothesis that maternal periodontitis is associated with increased risk for Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), we examined the risk of IUGR in relation to periodontal treatment before, during and after pregnancy. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort an...