Oral and Dental Health Habits and Approaches to Dental Treatment of Pregnants in a Turkish Subpopulation: A Survey Study

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Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the oral and dental health habits of pregnant women in the Central Anatolian region and their approaches to dental treatments. Methodology: This study was conducted in 293 randomly selected pregnant women who applied to the obstetrics and gynaecology outpatient clinic for pregnancy control and volunteered to participate in the study. The questionnaire was administered face-to-face after obtaining informed consent form from the pregnant women. The comparison of the answers to the questions according to age, education, and income was made with the chi-square test. The significance is p