Good oral health during pregnancy can not only improve the health of the pregnant mother, but
also potentially the health of her child. Therefore, it is important to understand pregnant women’s
oral health knowledge and behaviours and to identify barriers to accessing care and practicing good
oral hygiene. There is a need for creative, consistent, and comprehensive communication strategies
that promote oral health to women in accessible and timely manners. Further, enhanced
communication is needed from oral care and prenatal care providers, particularly physicians and
nurses. Communication by oral care and prenatal care providers should address the myths and
misconceptions many women have about oral health during pregnancy and increase women’s
awareness that oral health needs special attention during pregnancy because of the higher risk of
oral disease, that oral health may affect the health of a pregnancy, and that women’s oral health can
directly affect a child’s downstream oral health.
Good oral health during pregnancy can not only improve the health of the pregnant mother, butalso potentially the health of her child. Therefore, it is important to understand pregnant women’soral health knowledge and behaviours and to identify barriers to accessing care and practicing goodoral hygiene. There is a need for creative, consistent, and comprehensive communication strategiesthat promote oral health to women in accessible and timely manners. Further, enhancedcommunication is needed from oral care and prenatal care providers, particularly physicians andnurses. Communication by oral care and prenatal care providers should address the myths andmisconceptions many women have about oral health during pregnancy and increase women’sawareness that oral health needs special attention during pregnancy because of the higher risk oforal disease, that oral health may affect the health of a pregnancy, and that women’s oral health candirectly affect a child’s downstream oral health.
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