Jurnal EduHealth
Vol. 16 No. 04 (2025): Jurnal EduHealt, Edition October-December , 2025

The Relationship Between Dental and Oral Health Knowledge and Gingiva Status of Pregnant Women

Mery Efiani (Unknown)
Desih Welliam (Unknown)
Asmawati, Asmawati (Unknown)
Stevani Vauziah Alzahra Hamsa (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Nov 2025

Abstract

Oral health encompasses not only teeth but also gums, periodontal tissues, and soft tissues of the cheeks, tongue, and lips. Pregnant women have general knowledge about periodontal disease, but little understanding of its causes. Gum disease during pregnancy can lead to premature birth and low birth weight babies, the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between pregnant women's knowledge of oral health and gingival status. The research used was observational analytic with a cross-sectional design, naely research conducted at the same time to connect between variables . inflammation. This study obtained a significant value of the normality test for the knowledge questionnaire of 0.05, namely 0.163, and gingival status of 0.05, namely 0.234. Based on the test of the relationship between knowledge about dental and oral health and gingival status in pregnant women, the p-value was 0.000 ≤( 0.05).There is a relationship between knowledge about dental and oral health and gingival status in pregnant women.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

healt

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Public Health Veterinary

Description

The EduHealt journal contains articles based on research results or equivalent in the health field. The research includes research related to the community environment as well as in the general public. Articles published in this journal have never been published/published by other ...