Periodontal status as predictor of prematurity and low birth weight.

Objective: The objective was to verify the relation between periodontal status and prematurity/low birth weight.

Methods: a case control study of 211 women, 44 being mothers of children born with weight below 2.500g or gestational age of less than 37 weeks (case group) and 177 mothers of children born with weight of over 2.