Journal of
Dentistry and Oral Hygiene

  • Abbreviation: J. Dent. Oral Hyg.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2472
  • DOI: 10.5897/JDOH
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 137

Table of Content: December 2018; 10(3)

December 2018

The importance of pH, salivary flow and different dental caries risk factors in pregnant women

During pregnancy, there are certain changes in a woman´s body that can affect or alter oral health. Likewise, in this period some changes in factors such as pH and salivary flow can contribute to an increased risk of caries in pregnant women; therefore, this research was conducted on 85 women from the city of Montemorelos who attended Montemorelos General Hospital, of whom 53 were pregnant and 32 were not, using...

Author(s): Joel A Méndez-Monge, Zurisadai Neri-Aranda, Alejandra Luna-Ayala, Hector Manuel Hernandez Navarro, Jany Ariadne Jimenez-Del Valle, Alma Nidia Calderon-Porras, Luis Ricardo Sosa-Martinez, and Myriam Angelica De La Garza-Ramos