Oral hygiene awareness among pregnant women in Chennai: A cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Gayathri Somasheker (Author), S Pudhumai Lakshmi (Author), Nandhini Vishwanath (Author), Sumathi H Rao (Author), Geetha Thirugnanasambandam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The association between preganancy and poor oral health and its effects on preterm low birth infants are well documented in scientific literature. A pilot study was conducted with 160 pregnant women in the year 2016 showed that oral hygiene awareness among pregnant women was least among...