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Received: 6 May 2023 | Revised: 4 October 2023 | Accepted: 8 October 2023
DOI: 10.1002/cre2.804

ORI G INA L ART I CLE

Knowledge and attitude of pregnant women in Urmia, Iran,

about oral health care during pregnancy

Seyyed Amir Seyyedi 1 | Afsoon Asadollahi 1 | Zohreh Dalirsani 2 |
Zahra Abdollahzadegan 3 | Mahla Rezaei 4

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Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine Department,
Faculty of Dentistry, Urmia University of Abstract
Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
Objectives: Physiological changes during pregnancy make mothers susceptible to
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Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research
periodontal diseases, in particular gingivitis, which could be prevented by good oral
Center, Mashhad University of Medical
Sciences, Mashhad, Iran hygiene. Therefore, their knowledge and attitude could affect their oral hygiene and
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Faculty of Dentistry, Urmia University of general health. This study therefore aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude,
Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
and practice regarding oral hygiene, of pregnant women living in a city in Iran.
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Department of Cosmetic and Restorative
Material and Methods: It was a cross‐sectional study that was performed in Urmia
Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Mashhad
University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran City in 2019. After completing an informed consent form, pregnant women
completed a specially designed questionnaire, which included questions on
Correspondence
Zohreh Dalirsani, Mashhad Faculty of demographic characteristics and assessed participants' knowledge and attitude
Dentistry, Vakilabad Blvd, 9177948959
about oral health care during pregnancy. A clinical examination of each participant's
Mashhad, Iran.
Email: zdalirsani@gmail.com oral cavity was performed and dental plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), and
number of decayed, missed, filled teeth (DMFT) index were recorded. Any
Funding information
Urmia University of Medical Sciences, correlations between participants' knowledge and attitude and oral health indices
Grant/Award Number: 1398.204
were evaluated. A paired t test and Pearson's correlation coefficient were employed
for statistical analysis.
Results: A total of 96 pregnant women (mean age of 29.11 ± 6.80 years) participated
in this study. Among them, 67 had a moderate level of knowledge. There was no
significant correlation between participants' knowledge, and attitude levels and
educational level (p = .88 and p = .43, respectively). Also, there was no correlation
between knowledge and attitude levels and GI, PI, and DMFT (p > .05).
Conclusions: This study showed that the knowledge and attitude of the pregnant
women who participated were not favorable and their oral hygiene needed to be
improved.

KE YWO R DS
attitude, knowledge, oral health, pregnancy

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