Prevalence of oral health status among pregnant mothers attending primary care Centre IIUM: a preliminary study

Abllah, Zurainie and Ahmad, Nurfathihah and Ahmad Sooaid, Nur Faiqah Nabilah (2022) Prevalence of oral health status among pregnant mothers attending primary care Centre IIUM: a preliminary study. In: Compendium of Dental Sciences Research. Kulliyah of Dentistry, Kuantan, Pahang, pp. 25-34.

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Abstract

Pregnant mothers are highly susceptible to oral health problems. This research objectives are to identify the oral health problems among pregnant mothers, to assess knowledge and practice on oral care during pregnancy as well as oral health attitudes and behaviour using Hiroshima University-Dental Behavioural Inventory (HU-DBI) among pregnant mothers. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 11 pregnant mothers attending the Primary Care Centre, IIUM from September until November 2015. Knowledge on oral health was assessed using a questionnaire in which the oral self-care and oral health attitudes & behaviours questions were included. Dental check-up was conducted to assess the caries and periodontal status of the patient. DMFT of the patient in which it was categorized into very low, low, moderate, and high score. As for the periodontal status, it was determined from the observation of the presence of calculus. The SPSS version 23 was used in this study. Out of 11 participants, 90.9% has caries in the mouth, and however 72.7% of them had very low DMFT score. High DMFT was only 9.1%. 27.3% of participants had dental calculus. 63.6% never have professional taught on oral health care, however 91% participants practice tooth-brushing twice or more daily and 54.5% use floss. The most striking behaviour from the participants is they don’t feel afraid of attending dental clinic (100%). The highest score for HUDBI is 12 (mean= 4.92). It is concluded that dental caries is the most common oral health problem in this study, mostly never been professionally taught on oral health, also moderately score of good dental behaviours and attitudes.

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Uncontrolled Keywords:	pregnancy, oral health problems, knowledge, behaviours, attitudes
Subjects:	R Medicine > RK Dentistry > RK318 Oral and Dental Medicine. Pathology. Diseases-Therapeutics-General Works
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Dentistry > Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health
Depositing User:	Dr zurainie abllah
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2024 11:01
Last Modified:	20 Nov 2024 11:22
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/115841

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