Expectant Mothers' Periodontal Health Vital to Health of Her Baby
When a woman becomes pregnant, she knows it is important to maintain a healthy lifestyle to ensure both the health of herself and the health of her baby. New clinical recommendations from the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) and the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) urge pregnant women to maintain periodontal health as well. Research has indicated that women with periodontal disease may be at risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such giving birth to a pre-term or low-birth weight baby, reports the AAP and EFP.Pregnancy actually accelerates periodontal disease. Documented in 1962. One month after I was born.
(And I really wish people would stop using the terms "Healthy Lifestyle" and "Healthy Diet". Those words are meaningless without more specific modifiers.)
