Oral bacteria in pregnant mother can cause stillbirth

The connection between poor oral health such as gum disease and unborn babies has been established before but the new study from researchers at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio has for the first time connected a pregnant mother’s gum infection to a stillbirth.

Pregnant women with untreated gum disease such as gingivitis may be risking the lives of their babies, says a new study.

Pregnant women who do not visit dentists, or maintain oral health, and allow oral bacteria to go unchecked are under the risk of having pre-term babies or babies with low birth weight.

The latest report on poor oral health among pregnant women cites the case of a mother with oral bacteria that led to an infection in a full-term baby, resulting in stillbirth.

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