Maternal periodontitis prevalence and its relationship with preterm and low-birth weight infants: A hospital-based research

• Main Authors: Ruchir B Patel (Author), Sahil Batra (Author), Shweta Halemani (Author), Aditya G Rao (Author), Manvi Chandra Agarwal (Author), Shreya K Gajjar (Author), Dinta Kakkad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Overall wellness depends on oral health. Epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory studies have linked periodontitis to some systemic diseases. Pregnancy labor, contractions, and delivery are controlled by prostaglandin (PGE 2) levels rise during pregnancy, and labor begins when a crit...