TITLE:
Periodontal Disease of Pregnant Women and Low Weight Newborn in Senegal: A Case-Control Study
AUTHORS:
D. Cisse, M. Diouf, A. Faye, M. F. Diadhiou, A. Tal-Dia
KEYWORDS:
Periodontal Disease, Pregnant Women, Low Birth Weight, Senegal
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Epidemiology,
Vol.5 No.1,
January
20,
2015
ABSTRACT: The aim of this work was to study the connection between periodontal diseas of women during their pregnancy and the weight of newborn infants the women gave birth to. Method: It was a case-control study and carried out on the outskirts of Dakar (Senegal). The sample consisted of 129 mothers with infants of weight