Oral health and Candida carriage in socioeconomically disadvantaged US pregnant women

• Main Authors: Jin Xiao (Author), Colleen Fogarty (Author), Tong Tong Wu (Author), Naemah Alkhers (Author), Yan Zeng (Author), Marie Thomas (Author), Moustafa Youssef (Author), Lin Wang (Author), Lauren Cowen (Author), Hossam Abdelsalam (Author), Anna Nikitkova (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite the well-documented associations between poor maternal oral health and increased risk for adverse birth outcomes and dental caries in children after birth, prenatal oral health care is under-utilized, especially among the underserved population. In addition, oral Candida...