A Study on the Oral Health Behavior Status and Oral Health Awareness of Pregnant Women -Demographic Socialogical Variables-

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to emphasis the fact that the oral cavity should be well-managed as it is where the intake of the valuable nutrition for the baby is made, among many other important factors and changes that the pregnant women go through as they prepare for the birth of a human being for 10 months. For this, we surveyed the management of the oral hygiene and the awareness of oral health by the pregnant women. The result showed that the nauseating during the brushing of the teeth and the use of the oral hygienic products varied among different standard of lives with statistical significance. As for the standard of living, those in higher level showed also a higher level of the use, while the middle and low standard of living showed lower level of usage of the oral hygienic products. In case of the dental treatment during the pregnancy, most of the interviewees answered they do not receive dental treatment during pregnancy in the fear of bad influence on the baby and the potential risk of congenital anomaly. The perceived necessity of the education on the oral health was generally high. And, for the contents of such education, they preferred the timing of the dental treatment, the content of the treatment, and misunderstandings regarding the dental treatment.

Comparison of the Effects of General and Pregnant Women’s Dentifrices on the Removal of the Dental Plaque

“…The study by Jensen and Barkvoll 18) also emphasized that patients with low saliva secretion should be prescribed dentifrices that do not contain SLS. In a survey conducted by Lee and Choi 19) in 180 pregnant women on oral health, 59.4% reported of 'sometimes feel properties to be relatively stable when mixed in the dentifrices prototype. Therefore, the results of this study suggest that pregnant women should use pregnant women's dentifrices that do not contain SLS.…”

“…Pregnancy induces changes in the hormonal balance and with the growth of the fetus, the heart exudation, blood volume, and oxygen consumption increase while liver function, lung capacity, and kidney plasma levels decrease in the mother's body. This results in a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate, which increases sensitivity to tension and stress, and decreases resistance to infection 1) . In particular, the increase in progesterone hormone has an affinity with the underlying substances of connective tissue that make up the gingiva, and increases the osmotic pressure of capillaries distributed in the gingiva, thereby creating a conditions that can easily cause inflammation of the gingiva.…”

Comparing Oral Health Care Awareness and Practice in Pregnant Women with and without Oral Health Education Experience

“…구강건강행위는 생애 (Park & Kim, 2009) (Lee & Choi, 2011;Park et al, 2006; 는 있으나 구강보건교육경험과 구 Kim & Lee, 2007)…”