oral health

A woman undergoes a series of physiological states such as puberty, pregnancy and menarche. A number of anatomical, physiological and hormonal changes occur in pregnancy which not only affects the maternal health but also the health of the child. Oral health is an integral part of overall general health and is often neglected due to lack of knowledge and awareness and an unfavourable attitude.It definitely has its impact upon the systemic health and everyone should be aware about the same.This further needs due consideration in a pregnant women as peculiar oral changes and their impact on the new born infant pregnancy outcome have been discussed and documented with sufficient evidence.Much has been talked about common oral health issues during pregnancy like gingivitis, periodontitis, pyogenic granuloma etc and their management. Patient’s education regarding the oral hygiene and abnormal pregnancy outcome (pre-term birth, low body weight birth) is extremely essential. These conditions may be prevented by appropriate monitoring of dental health in pregnancy and also by providing dental care in such patients.Patients should be referred to the dental health care provider for dental needs during the time of pregnancy. A collaboration of dental and medical health care givers must be made and is an effective channel to provide the best possible treatment and management of these patients.This article discusses the importance of oral health care during pregnancy and how an integration between the medical and dental health provider can go a long way to attend the oral health concerns during this time.

With adequate oral health knowledge, dental medicine students can act as role models for their patients in improving the oral health condition for the general population. We know that except using dental brush and tooth paste there are a lot of other additional supplements. The aim of this research was to assess the usage of these additional supplements among the students of dental medicine. For realizing the aim a questionnaire with adequate questions was made. The questionnaire was answered by total number of 137 dental medicine students at our university. Results showed that 74.25 % from the students use additional supplements. Most of them, 66.26% use dental floss, 16.12% of them use interdental brushes, and just 8.2 % use both of them. 67.64 % from the students are using mouthwash solutions. Most of the students that use mouthwash solution also use interdental brushes or dental floss. We can conclude that more than a two-third of the students are using additional supplements for maintaining adequate oral hygiene. This is very important because most of them will be dental professionals in the future, so they can help educating their patients maintaining their adequate oral hygiene