Maternal periodontal disease and preterm birth: A case-control study

• Main Authors: Pushpalatha Govindaraju (Author), Sanjay Venugopal (Author), Madhura Antharasanahalli Shivakumar (Author), Shruthi Sethuraman (Author), Santhosh Kumar Ramaiah (Author), Sowmya Mukundan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Objective: Preterm birth (PTB) is an important issue in public health and is a major cause for infant mortality and morbidity. There is a growing consensus that systemic diseases elsewhere in the body may influence PTB. Recent studies have hypothesized that maternal periodontitis coul...