Abstract

RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, Zenaida. Gingival disease: Obstetric results. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2008, vol.24, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2961.

OBJECTIVE: to determine the obstetric results in pregnant women with gingival disease; to link the gingival disease with the possible obstetric results as regards time of gestation, weight of the infant, apgar score and obstetric septic events (ovular sepsis, early membrane rupture and puerperal sepsis); and to define the knowledge degree of the patients about the oral hygiene measures. METHODS: An observational analytical cohort study of all the pregnant women belonging to "Luis Li Trejent" teaching polyclinic of Güines municipality that were in the third trimester of pregnancy in August 2006 was conducted. The registry of pregnant women of the centre was used to select this sample. A form was given to them to collect data in order to investigate the presence or not of gingival disease and to know its obstetric results. RESULTS: The mild and moderate forms of gingival disease were the most found. This disease is inversely proportional to educational level. A greater appearance of preterm delivery and low birth weight were observed in the sick pregnant women, as well as a direct relation between the presence of gingival disease and the septic events studied during gestation, delivery and puerperium, and the unfavourable nutritional states. CONCLUSIONS: On analyzing how the gingival disease influenced on the obstetric results, it was concluded that there was a considerable appearance of malnutrition and bronchial asthma and a deficient knowledge of oral hygiene in the studied pregnant women, which made difficult the stomatological discharge in most of these patients, and favored the emergence of gingival disease.

Keywords : Gingival disease; pregnancy.