Awareness of the association between periodontal disease and adverse pregnancy outcome among the general female population

• Main Authors: Fouzia Tarannum (Author), R K Shiva Prasad (Author), R Shobha (Author), B B Santosh Kumar (Author), Supriya Ebenezer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Preterm low birth weight (PTLBW) is a public health issue which needs to be dealt with by educating the general female population. One of the major contributing factors is periodontal disease and treatment of the same could reduce the occurrence of PTLBW babies. Therefore, awareness of t...