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Evaluation of the Dental Health Care in the Iraqi Community for Pregnant and Non – Pregnant Women by Dental Caries, Periodontal Conditions, and Treatment Through the Filling, and Tooth Extraction

Sana’a Abdulrazzaq Ibrahim1* and Mufeed Jalil Ewadh2

1Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Kufa, Iraq 2Professor, Biochemistry Department, College of Medicine, University of Babylon, Iraq

*Corresponding Author: Sana’a Abdulrazzaq Ibrahim, Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Kufa, Iraq.

Received: January 02, 2025; Published: January 22, 2025

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Abstract

Background: The mouth is the mirror of the body, so any defect in the oral health was important to keeping overall body health. Dental caries have been linked with lower socio-economic status and can be considered a disease of poor people. Women are more liable to be influenced to dental caries during pregnancy because the pregnant women faced many physiological changes. These changes may be local and systemic, like those occur in the oral cavity. Oral health is a necessary part of general health, so the problems in the oral cavity in pregnant women must be come across immediately.

Material and Method: During 4 months (May, June, July and, August), 311 samples, all of them females were collected from healthy volunteers. There are 2 groups one of them as controls, whom they are non – pregnant group, the number of this group were 157 women, and 154 blood samples were collected from pregnant women. A questionnaire contains name, sex, past medical history, psychological history, their status, dietary habits, oral hygiene habits, brushing teeth as time, and frequency of dental appointments, ethnicity, and socio-economic status, educational level, and clinical diagnosis as decayed teeth, gingivitis, plaque will be complicates for all individuals. The study subjects will be matched for age.

Results: Our study results explained the differences were very clear between the pregnant and non- pregnant women groups, which mean the dental caries in pregnant women was (P = 0.05), more than the non – pregnant women was (P = 0.08), especially in non – pregnant with the age (15 -25) yrs the (P value = 0.001), and age (26 – 35) yrs, the (p value = 0.07) and age (36 – 45) yrs, the (P value = 0.02), and the total (P value = 0.005).

Discussion: According to our investigation by used WHO, Oral Health Survey Basic Methods [27], 87.7% of our pregnant sample was having dental caries. About 57% of DMFT score in our pregnant sample untreated dental caries, with about 21% of the same score with dental filling, and 22% of DMFT score was extracted teeth in this sample. These results explained the high needed of treatment for this group.

Conclusion: There are many factor effected the oral health and caused dental caries for pregnant women, including the socio – economic and demographic characterizes, which caused a big problem in our society because the low of monthly income for the family, the low education, the use of unhealthy food, the increased eating of sweets and soft drinks, and the failure to use the brush and toothpaste properly, which causes a lot of tooth decay in pregnant women.

Keywords: Oral Health; Dental Caries; Pregnant Women; Socio – Economic; Soft Drink; Filling; Tooth Extraction; DMFT Score

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Citation: Sana’a Abdulrazzaq Ibrahim and Mufeed Jalil Ewadh. “Evaluation of the Dental Health Care in the Iraqi Community for Pregnant and Non – Pregnant Women by Dental Caries, Periodontal Conditions, and Treatment Through the Filling, and Tooth Extraction". Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 9.2 (2025): 27-40.

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