Resumen

BASTARRECHEA MILIAN, Maribel de las Mercedes; ALFONSO BETANCOURT, Natividad M.  y  OLIVA PEREZ, Maritza. Some risks during pregnancy related to periodontal disease and dental cavities in Yemen. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2009, vol.46, n.4, pp.1-15. ISSN 0034-7507.

Yemen is a country with great regional differences in its social, economic and literacy structure, which is demonstrated in death mother mortality, children mortality of children aged younger than 5 and the present needs for health care of its population. Taking into account this situation our objective was to value how some biosocial risk factors identified in the bibliography may influence on the buccal health status in the pregnant. Thus, a cross-sectional analytical study was conducted and also all pregnant seen in the Al Wahdah Teaching Hospital and in prenatal care polyclinic in Kormazar, both located in Aden city, Yemen during 8 months. Pregnants were classified according the risk level (high, moderate and low) and these were related to presence of dental cavities and periodontal disease.

Palabras clave : Pregnancy buccal risks; periodontal disease and pregnancy dental cavities.

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