Association between maternal dental periapical infections and pregnancy outcomes: results from a cross-sectional study in Malawi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1549-1558

  Harjunmaa, Ulla ^a   Järnstedt, Jorma ^b   Alho, Lotta ^a   Dewey, Kathryn G ^c   Cheung, Yin Bun ^d   Deitchler, Megan ^e   Ashorn, Ulla ^a   Maleta, Kenneth ^f   Klein, Nigel J ^g   Ashorn, Per ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dental caries; duration of pregnancy; intrauterine growth restriction; periapical infection; periodontitis; pregnant women

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; ORAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURATION OF PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOLAR TOOTH; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TWINS; UNDERWEIGHT;

MALAWI;

EID: 84973447820     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12579     Document Type: Article

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