Title

Dental awareness among pregnant and non-pregnant women in Chhattisgarh

Authors

Manisha Kumari¹*, Vineeta Gupta¹, Shashank Agrawal¹, Deepesh Kumar Gupta², V. Vinitha¹ & Harsha Goyal¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Periodontics, Government Dental College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India; ²Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics and Implantology, Government Dental College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Manisha Kumari - E-mail: whymanisha@gmail.com
Vineeta Gupta - E-mail: vineeta.singh76@cg.gov.in

Shashank Agrawal - E-mail: shashanka202@gmail.com
Deepesh Kumar Gupta - E-mail: dr_deepesh25@yahoo.co.in
V Vinitha - E-mail: vinithabds28@gmail.com
Harsha Goyal - E-mail: harshagoyal075@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 1, 2025; Revised October 31, 2025; Accepted October 31, 2025, Published October 31, 2025

Abstract

A dental awareness, knowledge and oral hygiene practice among 77 pregnant and 77 non-pregnant women in Chhattisgarh is of interest. A significant lack of awareness was observed, with 100% of non-pregnant and 96.1% of pregnant women not prioritizing routine dental visits and only 3.9% of pregnant women aware of the link between oral health and pregnancy outcomes. Thus, data shows an urgent need to promote oral hygiene and dental care during pregnancy to reduce risks such as preterm birth and low birth weight.

Keywords

Pregnancy, women's oral health, dental awareness, maternal health, periodontitis

Citation

Kumari et al. Bioinformation 21(10): 3559-3563 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.