Oral Infections and Pregnancy: Knowledge of Gynecologists/Obstetricians, Midwives and Dentists.

Purpose: To establish an inventory of knowledge, attitudes and daily pratice of dental and medical practitioners in France regarding oral health care and its relationship to pregnancy, particularly to preterm delivery and low birth-weight infants.

Materials And Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to health-care professionals (n= 460), consisting of 100 prenatal care practitioners (obstetricians, midwives) and 360 dentists, about their knowledge of oral alterations during pregnancy, the possible association between periodontal disorders and preterm/low birth weight, and their conduct toward their patients.

Results: Bleeding gums and pregnancy gingivitis were the oral manifestations most often cited by all the practitioners.

[Oral infections and pregnancy: knowledge of health professionals].

Objective: The abundance of recent studies on the relationship between oral diseases and complications of pregnancy leads to questions on knowledge of health professionals. This study aims to establish an inventory of knowledge and practice of health professionals in France on this issue.

Patients And Methods: A questionnaire on knowledge of the relationship between oral diseases and complications of pregnancy was referred to gynaecologists and obstetricians, midwives and dentists.

[Dental care during pregnancy].

Aim: to understand and analyze knowledge and practices of dentists regarding dental care during pregnancy using a questionnaire which focuses on the knowledge of the relationship between oral infections and complications of pregnancy, the attitude of practitioners on the implementation of dental care during pregnancy and the training of practitioners.

Results: 53.9% of pregnant women are not referred by an obstetrician.

Clinical outcomes after nonsurgical periodontal therapy with an Er:YAG laser device: a randomized controlled pilot study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the short-term effects of nonsurgical periodontal treatment with the short-term effects of Er:YAG laser debridement (ERL) and manual scaling and root planning (SRP) in nonsmoking patients with chronic periodontitis.

Methods: Nineteen nonsmoking patients (mean age 60.7) with chronic generalized periodontitis were randomly treated with ERL or SRP in a split-mouth design.

Treatment of periodontal defects in dogs using an injectable composite hydrogel/biphasic calcium phosphate.

An injectable composite silanized hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose/biphasic calcium phosphate (Si-HPMC/BCP) has been investigated in humans with promising results. The aim of this study was to evaluate his efficacy for treating periodontal defects (canine fenestration and premolar furcation) in dog models. At 3 months, we observed that bone formation around BCP particles in furcation model is more discernible but not statistically significant in defects filled with Si-HPMC/BCP compared to healing in control.