Effect of periodontal disease on electromyographic activity of muscles of mastication: A cross‐sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 599-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arundeep Kaur Lamba ◽  
Shruti Tandon ◽  
Farrukh Faraz ◽  
Vibhuti Garg ◽  
Kamal Aggarwal ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Eman Ali Abd El Moaty Sheha ◽  
Hanan Elzeblawy Hassan ◽  
Wafaa Mostafa Ahmed Gamel

Background: Obesity is considered а noteworthy public health issue in both developed & developing countries. Among the 1.5 billion overweight individuals worldwide, 300 million of them were obese women. In the general, the prevalence of maternal obesity has increased 60% in the previous two decades with nearly 1 in 3 women now entering pregnancy obese. Also, the periodontаl disease has been observed to be prevalent in pregnant women with the prevalence ranging from 20% to more than 50%, especially economically disadvantaged women.Aim: explore the relation between pre-pregnant overweight and obesity with periodontal disease during pregnancy.Subjects & Methods: cross-sectional study among 400 pregnant women were booked in the high-risk obstetric departments and the antenatal outpatient clinics at governmental general hospitals in El-Fayoum City and governmental university hospital in El-Mansoura city.Results: The mean age of pregnant women was 29.9 ± 6.2 with increase the prevalence of periodontal disease in pregnant women (83.5%). Statistically significant correlation was found between prenatal weight and periodontаl disease during pregnancy (p ≤ 0.0001) with increasing the prevalence of periodontal disease in prenatal obese women (53.2%) and over weight (39.7%) were observed in women who were in their 3rd trimester (р = 0.011). Increase prevalence of periodontal with poor oral hygiene and sedentary activity.Conclusion: increased pre-pregnancy obesity & overweight are positively correlated with periodontal disease prevalence among pregnant women, and Pregnancy itself may also be associated with аn increased risk of periodontal disease.Recommendations: Activating the role of the maternity and community health nurse in branches of Obstetrics and antenatal clinics to enhance pregnant women's knowledge regarding oral health risks of obesity & overweight.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 2311-2318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Tedeschi Benatto ◽  
Lidiane Lima Florencio ◽  
Marcela Mendes Bragatto ◽  
Samuel Straceri Lodovichi ◽  
Fabíola Dach ◽  
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Author(s):  
JM Almerich-Silla ◽  
PJ Alminana-Pastor ◽  
M Boronat-Catala ◽  
C Bellot-Arcis ◽  
JM Montiel-Company

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Juan Zhao ◽  
Yi-Xin Qiao ◽  
Lan Wu ◽  
Qiao Huang ◽  
Bing-Hui Li ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 1261-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Veisa ◽  
Alexandra Tasmoc ◽  
Ionut Nistor ◽  
Liviu Segall ◽  
Dimitrie Siriopol ◽  
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