SAÚDE BUCAL DE GESTANTES DE ALTO RISCO ATENDIDAS NO SISTEMA ÚNICO DE SAÚDE EM UM MUNICÍPIO DO SUL DO BRASIL

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify and characterize the oral health condition and the need for dental treatment of high risk pregnant attending the Ponta Grossa - PR Maternal and Child Care Network. The design of this study is cross-sectional observational. The target population was 268 pregnant women classified as high risk pregnancies who underwent prenatal care in the Unified Health System in the county. The pregnants were invited to answer to a structured formulary containing questions about sociodemographic characteristics, aspects of pregnancy, impact of oral condition on quality of life through OHIP Index, anxiety about dental treatment by DAS index, reported need and use of dental services. After the interview, the pregnants were invited to do an oral examination, and the caries experience was identified through the CPOD Index, periodontal condition by the CPI Index, biofilm presence by the IHOS Index and the need for treatment. 268 pregnant were interviewed and answered to the questionnaire, until now, 99 of whom did not agree to undergo a clinical evaluation of oral health. Through this, the study sample consists of 169 pregnant. The majority of the participants were young adults between 20 and 35 years of age, white, married or in stable union, with low family income and with high school education or more of scholarity, they had other children and were in the third trimester of pregnancy. With regard to gestational risk, the highest number of pregnant women was classified as high risk for prenatal care due to endocrinopathies (24.6%), hypertension (20.6%) and drug dependence (legal and illicit) (19,4% %). More than half of the pregnancies presented no or low anxiety level regarding dental treatment. However, 12,4% of the women were very anxious. There was no impact of the oral condition on the quality of life of the interviewees. Regarding the caries experience, the average CPO-D of the pregnant women was 9,4, with practically all pregnant having a history of caries (94.7%) and only 4,7% of the sample had all healthy teeth. Regarding the periodontal condition, only 23,2% had healthy gum and periodontium, and gingival bleeding was the most frequent condition (53,8%). Complementing, regarding the presence of biofilm, 66,7% of the pregnant presented excellent or good oral hygiene. The conclusion is that most of the pregnancies in the study are classified as high risk for hypertension, endocrinopathies and dependence of licit and illicit drugs. The use of recent oral health services or during pregnancy is greater than reported by other studies in Brazil. Most of the pregnant women presented little anxious and low impact of the buccal condition in the quality of life, although they realized that dental treatment is necessary. The results indicated satisfactory oral health conditions among high risk pregnant women, in what refers to the experience of caries, periodontal condition and need for treatment, with higher prevalences in those with worse social status.