Title

Oral health assessment in pregnant women: An observational study

Authors

Shailesh Kumar¹, Anuradha Kar Khongsit¹, Dipanshu Kumar¹, T.S. Srinivasa¹, Preeti Priyadarshani², Anshul Rai³, Kamini Kiran^1,*, Padmanidhi Agarwal⁴, Shailendra Dwivedi⁵ & Anil Koparkar⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Dentistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Dentistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Dentistry, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India; ⁵Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁶Department of Community Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Shailesh Kumar - E-mail: way2shailesh@gmail.com
Anuradha Kar Khongsit - E-mail: anuradhakk21@gmail.com
Dipanshu Kumar - E-mail: drdipanshukumar@gmail.com
T.S Srinivasa - E-mail: seen79@rediffmail.com
Anshul Rai - E-mail: anshul.dentalsurgery@aiimsbhopal.edu.in
Preeti Priyadarshani - E-mail: drpreeti.priyadarshani@gmail.com
Kamini Kiran - E-mail: dr.kaminijha@gmail.com
Padmanidhi Agarwal - E-mail: padmanidhi.agarwal@gmail.com
Shailendra Dwivedi - E-mail: tarang2016@gmail.com
Anil Koparkar - E-mail: dranilk@aiimsgorakhpur.edu.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2026; Revised August 31, 2026; Accepted August 31, 2026, Published August 31, 2026

Abstract

Oral hygiene and its negative impact on pregnancy are often ignored in underdeveloped countries. Maintaining oral health throughout pregnancy is crucial because failing to do so may result in low birth weight and preterm birth. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the dental hygiene of expectant mothers throughout a six-month period. The most common dental problems in our study were bleeding gums (20.5%) and toothache (35.4%). Thus, data shows a significant effort should be made to improve the knowledge and attitude of pregnant women towards dental health.

Keywords

Dental caries, DMFT index, international caries detection and assessment system (ICDAS), gingival index

Citation

Kumar et al. Bioinformation 22(8): 5008-5011 (2026)

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.