Author/Editor		Bartenjev, M; Berdajs, M; Mokorel, T; Kuralt-Bednar, M; Rejc-Novak, M; Sket, M; Slokan, L
Title		Preventivno zobozdravstveno varstvo nosečnic
Translated title		Preventive dental care for expectant mothers
Type		članek
Source		In: Farčnik F, editor. Preventivna in interceptivna ortodontija. Zbornik predavanj strokovnega srečanja. Rantovi dnevi; 1994 Sep 29-Oct 1; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Slovensko ortodontsko društvo,
Publication year		1994
Volume		str. 11-7
Language		slo
Abstract		The authors have evaluated the effects of an oral health education programme offered to expectant mothers on the status of oral health and the prevalence of factors promoting malocclusion problems in their children. The study group included 83 children born to mothers who attended a preventive course during pregnancy and successfully completed the test. The control group comprised a random sample of 61 children born to mothers who were not enrolled in the preventive programme. The study group exhibited a significantly lower prevalence of carious teeth (p less th. 0.00) and plaque deposits (p less th. 0,001), and a significantly higher proportion of children without a sucking habit (p less th. 0,05). Compared to the control group, an insignificantly greater proportion of children in the study group regularly brushed their teeth and received fluoride treatment. The lips apart habit and improper swallowing were common in both groups. Parents should be informed of all available measures for the prevention of dental caries and malocclusion in their child, to be applied in the antenatal period, at birth and throughout the period of development and growth.
Descriptors		PREGNANCY HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL CHILD PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY ORAL HEALTH