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Introduction: Periodontitis is an inammatory disease of the soft and hard support tissues of tooth in response to the supra and subgingival microorganisms. In women with periodontitis, the infected periodontal tissues may act as reservoirs of bacteria and their products that can disseminate to the foetus-placental unit causing adverse pregnancy outcomes like preterm birth. This is a cross sectional survey carried out to Aim: access the level of knowledge, attitude, practice and awareness of Gynecologists in Jamnagar district regarding periodontal health and its correlation with adverse pregnancy outcomes. An online structured questionnaire had bee Materials and method: n made and was distributed through social media, responses were collected for a period of 3 months and the collected data were then subjected to statistical analysis. Result: Out of 64 participants, 44.88% of the gynecologists answered that regular screening of pregnant patients for periodontal disease is needed and 43.75% agree that dental treatment during pregnancy can reduce pregnancy complications. Only 65.63% were aware of the association between APO (adverse pregnancy outcomes) and periodontal disease. Collaborative treatment Conclusion: by gynaecologists and dentists help to improve the maternal oral health, reduce the postnatal complications and increases awareness among pregnant women regarding oral hygiene and regular dental check-up during pregnancy.

Introduction: Periodontal diseases have a multifactorial etiology but some risk factors like genetics also can be responsible for disease progression. These dermal ridge patterns remain unchanged throughout the life .They are unique for each individual, it can be considered as a benecial tool for prediction of any congenital, intrauterine anomalies or other diseases which inuenced by genetic alterations .Genetic determinants that exist could be suggestive of specic dermatoglyphic patterns for periodontitis. To analyze the palmar dermatoglyphic Aim: patterns of healthy and chronic periodontitis patients and to nd any correlation between them. A total of 150 patients were Materials & Methods: equally divided into two groups comprising 75 patients in each group as follows: Group I-periodontally healthy, Group II-chronic periodontitis. The ngerprint patterns of all the patients in each group were obtained and analyzed with the help of magnifying glass. There was a Results: signicantly higher percentage of whorls in Group II compared to Group I. There was no signicant difference between both the groups for arch patterns. There can be a signicant correlation between the dermatoglyphic pa Conclusion: ttern of healthy and the chronic periodontitis as whorl nger pattern predominates in chronic periodontitis patients. So it can be serve as predictor in identifying the risk group individuals of chronic periodontitis.