Periodontal health status of pregnant women in the colón west health area

Abstract

Introduction: Pregnancy constitutes a period of great physiological changes in the body, which can lead to the appearance of disorders in the state of oral health. Objectives: Describe the state of periodontal health in pregnant women in the Colón Oeste health area. Methodology: An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study was carried out in the period from January 2019 to March 2020. The universe was studied in its entirety and consisted of 291 pregnant women belonging to the Colón Oeste health area, which were visited to obtain informed consent to participate in research. The results were presented in statistical tables and the percentage was used as a summary measure. Results: The age with the most patients was the age group 25 to 34 years with 37.5%. Healthy patients predominated for 70.2%, followed by patients with chronic gingivitis with 28.5%. Inadequate oral hygiene was the most significant with 52.3%, among the risk factors the history of dental caries had a greater significance with 61.8%, gingival inflation prevailed in 100% of periodontally ill patients. Conclusions: The age of 25 to 34 years was the one that contributed more patients, healthy patients predominated followed by patients with chronic gingivitis. Inadequate oral hygiene was the most significant, the prevailing risk factors were a history of dental caries followed by dental crowding. The most representative sign was gingival inflation.