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2009, Number 2

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Perinatol Reprod Hum 2009; 23 (2)

Current concepts about periodontal infection and its relationship with premature children with very low weight

Márquez-Correa IC

Language: Spanish
References: 40
Page: 74-81
PDF size: 104.17 Kb.


ABSTRACT

During the last two decades, the scientific community has shown an increasing interest in understanding how the periodontal disease might be associated with pregnancy complications. This mentioned interest comes, at least in part, from the idea that despite the improvements in prenatal attention, the adverse result of pregnancy keeps on being a serious public health problem all over the world. Chronic periodontitis represents an infectious process that affects over the 23% of women being between 30 and 54 years old. The ability for dissemination and the induction of the host’s systemic and local inflammation caused by periodontal pathogens and their virulence factors has created the hypothesis that chronic periodontal infection may present serious consequences that go beyond the frontiers of periodontal tissues. This study shows evidence that suggests that chronic periodontal infection implies an important risk for the appearance of adverse results during pregnancy. In the same way, this paper offers information that shows that timely periodontal treatment that allows reducing such complications.


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