Active periodontitis – an undervalued risk factor of preterm delivery

Wojciech Kaźmierczak; Patrycja Fiegler; Hanna Fiegler-Męcik; Piotr Węgrzyn; Kazimierz Kamiński

ISSN: 1231-6407

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Active periodontitis – an undervalued risk factor of preterm delivery

Wojciech Kaźmierczak

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Patrycja Fiegler

,

Hanna Fiegler-Męcik

,

Piotr Węgrzyn

,

Kazimierz Kamiński

Gin Prakt 2004, 12, 3 40-43

Online publish date: 2004/06/25

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There are few up to date studies suggesting hypothesis of the risk increasing influence of active periodontitis on a premature labor, intrauterine growth retardation and finally delivering a baby with a low birth weight. In the majority of these papers a risk of premature labor was directly proportional to the degree of periodontitis during the early pregnancy. Unfortunately these were retrospective or not randomized. The present study presents a prospective evaluation of the influence of periodontal lesions on the course of otherwise normal pregnancies.

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Active periodontitis – an undervalued risk factor of preterm delivery

Wojciech Kaźmierczak , Patrycja Fiegler , Hanna Fiegler-Męcik , Piotr Węgrzyn , Kazimierz Kamiński

premature labor, active periodontitis, risk of premature labor

Wojciech Kaźmierczak

,

Patrycja Fiegler

,

Hanna Fiegler-Męcik

,

Piotr Węgrzyn

,

Kazimierz Kamiński