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Perceptions of Women, Child and Adolescents' Oral Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 2825

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Fernanda Ferreira Lopes

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Post-Graduate Programme in Adult Health (PPGSAD), Post-Graduate Programme in Dentistry (PPGO), Federal University of Maranhão, São Luis 65080-805, Brazil
Interests: women's dental health; maternal dental health; periodontics; dental epidemiology; oral health; pregnant women

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Throughout a woman’s life, several female characteristics that involve health and disease can affect oral health. The hormonal variations that occur during a woman’s life not only interfere with her reproductive system but also influence her oral condition. Maternal oral conditions also affect their children’s oral health. Oral health comprises the teeth, periodontium, soft tissues of the mouth and oral pharynx, bones around the mouth, temporomandibular joints, and muscles of mastication. The mouth is a gateway to the body and it is a reservoir of many pathogens, which will reflect many systemic health problems.

This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent oral health. Special attention will be given to manuscripts about women in the maternal, postpartum, and non-pregnancy periods, focusing on studies on the mother–child binomial, including periods from childhood to adolescence. Thus, new research papers, reviews, case reports, and review articles are welcome for this Special Issue. Manuscripts from different approaches will also be accepted, including epidemiology studies, clinical and intervention studies, risk assessment studies, and health impact analyses.

Dr. Fernanda Ferreira Lopes
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • oral health
  • women's health
  • mother–child interactions
  • child health
  • adolescent health
  • oral medicine
  • periodontal diseases
  • tooth diseases
  • mouth diseases

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Comparative Study on the Periodontal Parameters Used in Diagnosing Periodontitis in Puerperae and Periodontitis’ Relationship with the Birth of Preterm Infants: A Case-Control Study
by Nayra Rodrigues de Vasconcelos Calixto, Fernanda Ferreira Lopes, Marcela Mayana Pereira Franco, Isaac Suzart Gomes-Filho, Bruno Braga Benatti and Cláudia Maria Coêlho Alves
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(2), 156; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21020156 - 30 Jan 2024
Cited by 2 | Viewed by 2230
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To compare different criteria for the diagnosis of periodontitis and to evaluate the association of this condition with prematurity, this case-control study was conducted on 283 mothers of infants, divided into two groups based on gestational age (cases: <37 weeks, controls: ≥37 weeks), [...] Read more.
To compare different criteria for the diagnosis of periodontitis and to evaluate the association of this condition with prematurity, this case-control study was conducted on 283 mothers of infants, divided into two groups based on gestational age (cases: <37 weeks, controls: ≥37 weeks), with 71 cases and 212 controls. The periodontal evaluation included probing depth (PD), clinical attachment level (CAL), plaque index, and bleeding on probing (BOP). Participants were classified regarding periodontitis per 14 criteria based on different periodontal parameters. The criterion selected as the gold standard was the presence of at least four teeth with one or more sites with a PD ≥ 4 mm, CAL ≥ 3 mm, and BOP at the same site. The prevalence of periodontal disease ranged from 8.1% to 55.1%. Moreover, compared to the gold standard, the sensitivities of the other criteria were 100%, while specificity ranged from 50.4% to 96.4%. Periodontitis, defined by six of the selected criteria, was associated with prematurity after multivariate adjustment, with OR ranging from 1.85 to 2.69 and 95% CI from 1.01 to 5.56; one of them was the gold standard mentioned above. Measurements using the clinical parameters of PD, CAL, and bleeding at the same site (criteria 5, 6, 7, 8), CPI (criterion 10), and at least four teeth with a PD ≥ 4 mm and CAL ≥ 3 mm (criterion 11) to define periodontitis showed a statistically significant association (p < 0.05). Given this study’s limitations, we can conclude that the diagnostic criteria for a periodontitis definition using a PD ≥ 4 mm and CAL ≥ 3 mm in two or more teeth, with BOP at the same site, seem stronger when detecting an association between periodontitis and prematurity. Full article
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