Associations Between Maternal Periodontitis, Periodontal Treatment and Pregnancy Complications - Part 1: Potential Pathogenic Mechanisms and Risk Factors.

Autor:	Farrell, Suzanne, Ide, Mark
Předmět:	PERIODONTAL disease WOMEN'S health PERIODONTITIS ORAL diseases PERIODONTICS PREGNANCY complications PATHOGENIC microorganisms PARTURITION REPRODUCTION
Zdroj:	Periodontal Practice Today; 2005, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p159-171, 13p
Abstrakt:	Much attention has recently been given to possible links between maternal periodontitis and pregnancy outcome. This paper aims to explore the potential explanatory mechanisms for such links, and the evidence from both in vitro and animal studies to support these concepts. Potential mechanisms rely on the role of proinflammatory molecules involved in the normal physiological process of parturition being influenced by distant or local inflammatory processes caused by infections in maternal tissues. However, there are a number of shared risk factors that may complicate analyses of any such relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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