title: [Periodontal infection in pregnant women and low birth weight babies].
abstract: Among several factors in preterm low birth weight, we can find pre-conceptional causes and others depending on pregnant women's behaviour. In 1996 a scientific team composed by periodontists, gynaecologists and epidemiologists found that 18% of preterm low birth weight in 250,000 babies are due to periodontal infection. In our survey we used 113 pregnant women in gynaecological clinic in university hospital. By using Community Periodontal Index Treatment Needs (CPITN) in pregnant woman and by weighting babies as soon as accouchement done. In spite of percentage of preterm low birth weight, we registered 33.9% babies of normal birth weight with mother's CPITN under 1.
authors.affiliation: Département Odontologie-UCAD-Dakar.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sembene
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mbaye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ngom
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Benoist
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003728:Dental Calculus / Q000150:complications; D003777:Dental Prophylaxis; D012534:Dental Scaling; D005260:Female; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D010512:Periodontal Index; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy; D013223:Statistics as Topic