Abstract

FUENTES FERNANDEZ, R. et al. Opinion and beliefs of pregnancy women in prenatal control related to oral health and pregnant. Av Odontoestomatol [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.3, pp.147-154. ISSN 2340-3152.

Vital processes have created questions to humankind. People’s culture gives non-scientific response to some of it, changing beliefs into myths. Related to oral health, several cultures believe that pregnant women could suffer more frequently dental caries than general population, is considered normal that "by each one baby, mother lost a teeth", and some pregnant patients are not able to receive dental treatment, because this procedures could produce damages to fetus in develop; important situation considering absence of information that dental procedures expose to such a low risk to patients in some physicians, whom refuse authorize to pregnant women to receive dental treatment. Culture has a deep relationship to life styles, social relations and self-help; in these intervention mechanisms are based health promotion. The research seeks to know the ideas have a group of pregnant women in prenatal control related to oral health and pregnant. Was made a survey with 5 closed questions, applied to 65 pregnant woman randomly selected. 98% of women think that through pregnant period is necessary to visit a dentist, 60% believe that pregnant cause dental caries and 70% thinks that pregnant could cause lost of tooth. Mayor efforts in education, considering cultural factors, are required through prenatal control to improve knowledge as well as self care in oral health in these patients group.

Keywords : Preventive dentistry; health promotion; maternal fetal relation.

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