Oral Health Awareness Among Pregnant Women in Greece
Daniilidis Angelos, Dampali Roxani, Kapetanaki Giannoula, Sarri Maria, Arvanitidou Olga, Theodoropoulou Olga, Dinas Konstantinos
Objective: Aim of present study was to evaluate the level pregnant women’s knowledge about their oral
health status.
Methods: Data collected from the 400 questionnaires were analyzed with SPSS-25. The questions asked
provided us with information regarding baseline demographics, personal care, healthcare awareness in
order to assess the level pregnant women’s knowledge about their oral health status, the need services
and their access to oral health care during pregnancy.
Results: The response rate reached 76% with the majority of women being of Greek nationality. The
majority of the interviewees (63%) was between 20 and 34 years of age and had higher education. A total
of 15.5% of all had a below average income and this was reflected in all aspects of healthcare awareness.
In total, 237 women did not visit a dentist, as they perceived their symptoms as not “important” enough
(57%). The analysis regarding the correlation between aspects of health and education shows that the
higher the educational level of the women, the better their general health status (p<0.001) and oral
health (p<0.001) were.
Conclusions: All health care providers and even more obstetricians insist that pregnant women should
have dental consultation before or at the beginning of their pregnancy.
