Abstract
A dental clinic attached to a maternity hospital had been opened in 1993 to provide oral health management for mothers and children. In this paper,1,098 women in childbed who were delivered of a child at the maternity hospital from April 1996 to October 1998 were investigated to understand the actual condition of the women. And 164 of the women in childbed and their children who participated in the two years old dental health screening at the maternity hospital were investigated to assess the relationship between the oral condition of a woman in childbed and her child. The following results were obtained.
(An investigation of the actual condition of women in childbed)
1. The average number of the DMFT index was 12.9 and the caries prevalence was 99.0%.
2. The average number of the DT index was 1.5 and 49.3% of all of the subjects had caries.
3. Sixty-seven percent of all of the subjects were a high risk based on the Cariostat test.
4. Seventy-three percent of all subjects showed to have calculus,79% gingival swelling,65% bleeding from gingiva and 75% accumulation of dental plaque. (The relationship between the oral condition of a woman in childbed and of her child)
5. There was a significant difference between the caries prevalence of children of mothers with caries and without caries during pregnancy.
6. There was a significant difference between Cariostat value of children of mothers with caries and without caries during pregnancy.
