Oral caresupport during the pregnancy period by nursing staff

Background: Since the release of the study that the periodontal disease is one of the abortive risk factors in 1996. It becomes spread throughout the world that the importance of prevention activity from an earlier stage to the health care including the oral cavity of pregnant women. However, it is not enough the consciousness of the necessity of oral care in pregnancy period in the maternal ward staff and oral hygiene management currently positively. Objectives: I clarified the consciousness for the oral hygiene of the nursing staff and pregnant women. Methods: This is the literature examination. I searched an original article without proceeding and documents. Furthermore, I searched it in a similar keyword in overseas document retrieval site PubMed. I arranged contents of the literature every item of the "importance of the oral hygiene in the gestation period" "consciousness for the oral hygiene in the gestation period of the nursing profession person" "consciousness for the oral hygiene of the pregnant woman". Results: When I crossed "pregnant woman" "dentistry" "oral care" as a keyword in Japan Medical Abstracts Society web site, Medical online and Pub Med．I analyzed 12 cases in total. Conclusion: It is obvious that periodontal disease is related premature birth and low birth weight infant delivery deeply, but recognition of the nursing staff and the pregnant women in not enough. It is important to cooperate with nursing and dental staff.