%0 Journal Article
%T Periodontitis-associated risk factors in pregnant women
%A Piscoya
%A Maria Dilma Bezerra de Vasconcellos
%A Ximenes
%A Ricardo Arraes de Alencar
%A Silva
%A Genivaldo Moura da
%A Jamelli
%A S¨Ēlvia Regina
%A Coutinho
%A Sonia Bechara
%J Clinics
%D 2012
%I Faculdade de Medicina / USP
%R 10.6061/clinics/2012(01)05
%X objective: the main objective of this study was to investigate the risk factors associated with periodontitis in pregnant women. methods: this study was conducted in two stages. in stage 1, a cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of periodontitis among 810 women treated at the maternity ward of a university hospital. in stage 2, the factors associated with periodontitis were investigated in two groups of pregnant women: 90 with periodontitis and 720 without. a hierarchized approach to the evaluation of the risk factors was used in the analysis, and the independent variables related to periodontitis were grouped into two levels: 1) socio-demographic variables; 2a) variables related to nutritional status, smoking, and number of pregnancies; and 2b) variables related to oral hygiene. periodontitis was defined as a probing depth > 4 mm and an attachment loss > 3 mm at the same site in four or more teeth. a logistic regression analysis was also performed. results: the prevalence of periodontitis in this sample was 11%. the variables that remained in the final multivariate model with the hierarchized approach were schooling, family income, smoking, body mass index, and bacterial plaque. conclusion: the factors identified underscore the social nature of the disease, as periodontitis was associated with socioeconomic, demographic status, and poor oral hygiene.
%K risk factors
%K periodontitis
%K periodontal disease
%K pregnancy
%K gingivitis.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1807-59322012000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en