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Periodontitis As A Potential Risk Factor For Premature Delivery, Ana Turcu-Duminică, Anca Silvia Dumitriu, Stana Paunica, Corina Gică, Radu Botezatu, Nicolae Gică, Gheorghe Peltecu, Anca Maria Panaitescu
Periodontitis As A Potential Risk Factor For Premature Delivery, Ana Turcu-Duminică, Anca Silvia Dumitriu, Stana Paunica, Corina Gică, Radu Botezatu, Nicolae Gică, Gheorghe Peltecu, Anca Maria Panaitescu
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
Pregnancy is a particular period of time for a woman, so that it is important to accurately determine the impact of adjacent pathologies on the natural evolution of the nine months of pregnancy. Although there is still much to debate on the association between periodontal disease and pregnancy, the conclusion seems to remain the same: untreated periodontal pathology in pregnancy could have adverse consequences such as premature birth or low birth weight fetuses. Periodontopathies are introduced as risk factors, the novelty of the subject being the association between untreated periodontal pathology and the evolution of pregnancy. The affected periodontal tissue …