Volume 27, Issue 132, February 2023

Influence of antenatal prevention on the state of the oral cavity of pregnant women

Oksana I Godovanets¹, Doinitsa G Romaniuk^2♦, Tetiana S Kitsak³, Oleksandr O Vitkovskyi²

¹Professor, Head of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
²Assistant of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Bukovynian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
³Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Bukovynian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

^♦Corresponding author
Assistant of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Bukovynian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

ABSTRACT

The use of an antenatal preventive complex, which includes mineral-vitamin and probiotic preparations, during pregnancy leads to a decrease in the intensity of dental caries and an improvement in the condition of periodontal tissues in women already during the last trimester of pregnancy and after childbirth. In particular, 2.22-10.58% lower indicators of dental caries intensity according to the data of the DMF index and 68.55-74.33% lower values of the PMA index are recorded, compared to women who did not take preventive measures. The study of the oral fluid of women in the dynamics of monitoring them during the implementation of antenatal prevention measures showed an increase in its mineralizing potential, which was characterized by an increase in the total level of calcium by 17.21-39.17% (р < 0.05), free calcium by – 20.00- 45.76% (р < 0.05), phosphate ions by – 8.49-12.15% and preservation of protective properties at the stage of completion of the preventive course and a year after childbirth.

Keywords: Pregnant women, dental caries, periodontal tissues, mineralizing potential of saliva, antenatal prevention

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e102ms2531

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i132/e102ms2531

Published: 20 February 2023