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Chapter-03 Dental Evaluation and Management in Pregnancy

BOOK TITLE: Fundamentals of Oral Medicine and Radiology

Author
1. DN Bailoor
2. Keerthilatha Pai
3. Patil Mahima
4. Krishnaprasad Leela
ISBN
9788180615146
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10318_3
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2005
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
1. Yenepoya Dental College and Hospital, Mangalore
2. Manipal College of Dental Surgery, Manipal
3. JSS Dental College, Mysore
4. SN Dental College, Raichur
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Abstract

Many Dental surgeons in India appear reluctant to treat pregnant dental patients in their clinics due to unreason­able fear of complications. However, the importance of good oral hygiene can hardly be emphasized at this juncture in life. The following maternal changes are revised for the practitioner in order that he may rationally base his treatment keeping them in mind. Radiation exposures in women have been associated with low birth weight offspring. It could be hypothesized that hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis perhaps affected and thereby indirectly birth weight, or that the radiation may directly affect the reproductive organs. Hujoel PP state in their study that dental radiography during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight. Treatment in the pregnant women requires an understanding of the balance between maintenance of her oral health and the risk to the fetus.

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