[Dental care during pregnancy].

Abstract

AIM:

to understand and analyze knowledge and practices of dentists regarding dental care during pregnancy using a questionnaire which focuses on the knowledge of the relationship between oral infections and complications of pregnancy, the attitude of practitioners on the implementation of dental care during pregnancy and the training of practitioners.

RESULTS:

53.9% of pregnant women are not referred by an obstetrician. Only 59.8% of practitioners believe that dental anesthesia is not contraindicated, and most practitioners believe that the best time for care is the second trimester or after pregnancy. During pregnancy, practitioners realize the motivation for hygiene (90.7%), drainage of an abscess (82.2%), scaling (76.1%), the placement of a splint (74.1%), the treatment of caries (70%), and the removable prosthesis (67.2%).

CONCLUSION:

these results indicate the existence of a gap between the care of pregnant women and the state of the art in dental science, despite current clinical recommendations to deliver all necessary care to pregnant patients during the first, second and third trimester. Moreover, the results highlight the need to reinforce the initial training of dental students, but also to develop the training for practitioners in this field.

• Authors: Egea Luc, Nadin Coulibaly, Julien Demoersman, Hervé Boutigny, Assem Soueidan
• Journal: Schweizer Monatsschrift fur Zahnmedizin = Revue mensuelle suisse d'odonto-stomatologie = Rivista mensile svizzera di odontologia e stomatologia (Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed) Vol. 122 Issue 11 Pg. 1047-63 ( 2012) ISSN: 0256-2855 [Print] Switzerland
• Vernacular Title: Enquête sur la prise en charge de la femme enceinte au cabinet dentaire.
• PMID: 23184426 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Anesthesia, Dental (statistics & numerical data)
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Attitude of Health Personnel
• Contraindications
• Dental Care (statistics & numerical data)
• Dental Caries (therapy)
• Dental Prosthesis
• Dental Scaling (statistics & numerical data)
• Female
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Humans
• Occlusal Splints (statistics & numerical data)
• Oral Hygiene (statistics & numerical data)
• Periapical Abscess (surgery)
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications, Infectious (prevention & control)
• Surveys and Questionnaires