Adverse pregnancy outcomes in females with periodontitis

Recruiting

Brief Summary: Healthy pregnant females of age group 20-40 years, with singleton pregnancy will be recruited from 14-26 weeks of gestation (Second trimester). Complete clinical periodontal examination will be performed, recording the Plaque Index, Probing depth and Clinical attachment loss. Then the patientâ€™s will be followed till delivery of their infant and at the time of delivery, primary outcomes variables such as gestational age at the time of delivery, birth weight of the infant, any history of APO and the type of delivery will be recorded.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Healthy pregnant females in 14-26 weeks of gestation.
Females with singleton pregnancy.
Participants from 20-40 years of age.
Pregnant women willing to participate in the study.
Females with at least 20 teeth.
Pregnant females willing to give consent for the clinical periodontal examination and share their medical records with the Periodontist.

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnant females less than 20 years of age and less than 20 teeth.
Alcohol or drug abuse.
Multifetal gestation.
Known systemic conditions such as pre-pregnancy hypertension, diabetes mellitus, active hepatic disease, infectious condition requiring antibiotic treatment.
Females with positive history of AIDS.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1) Preterm birth (PB).	At the time of delivery of the infant
4) Preeclampsia (PE).	At the time of delivery of the infant
5) Normal delivery (ND).	At the time of delivery of the infant
2) Low birth weight (LBW).	At the time of delivery of the infant
3) Preterm low birth weight (PLBW).	At the time of delivery of the infant

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1) Plaque index (PI).	2) Probing depth (PD).

Locations (1): J.N. Kapoor DAV (c) Dental College, Yamuna Nagar
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Yamunanagar, HARYANA, India
J.N. Kapoor DAV (c) Dental College, Yamuna Nagar
🇮🇳Yamunanagar, HARYANA, India
Rohan Khare
Principal investigator
8708884640
rohankhare2@gmail.com