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Oral Health Knowledge and Related Factors among Pregnant Women Attending to a Primary Care Center in Spain

José Luis SanzLeopoldo FornerTasnim NakdaliCarmen Llena

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Adultmedicine.medical_specialtyHealth Knowledge Attitudes PracticeHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesisknowledge on oral healthOral healthLogistic regressionOral hygieneArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineSurveys and Questionnairesself-careMedicineHumansGeneral knowledgePregnancy030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicinebusiness.industryPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Health030206 dentistrymedicine.diseaseOral HygieneTest (assessment)Self Carestomatognathic diseasesCross-Sectional StudiesSpainFamily medicineNationalityoral healthFemalePregnant WomenpregnancybusinessHealth department

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Our aim was to assess the knowledge of pregnant women in terms of oral health and prevention, correlating it with socio-sanitary and educational factors, as well as self-care and oral health state referred. A total of 139 women from a Health Department in Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia, Spain) participated in the study. They underwent an auto-administered survey which included socio-economic and educational factors, self-care in terms of oral hygiene, referred oral health state, and general knowledge on prevention and oral health. Chi-squared test (&chi

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-12-11International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
10.3390/ijerph16245049http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245049