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GUM DISEASE TREATMENT REDUCES EARLY BIRTHS
GUM DISEASE TREATMENT REDUCES EARLY BIRTHS
There is a research report from Pennsylvania on women who were between six and 20 weeks' pregnant, all volunteers with gum disease. All these women were given treatment, which was successful in one third of the cases. The study of 160 women was presented to the annual conference of the American Association for Dental Research. The researchers found a "strong and significant association" between successful treatment and full-term births. Those whose treatment did not work were "significantly more likely" to give birth before 35 weeks.
UK experts said the finding was "controversial" but advised pregnant women to take care of teeth and gums. Doctors have previously established that severe gum infections cause an increase in the production of prostaglandin and tumour necrosis factor, chemicals which induce labour, to be produced.
Written by Dr Martin Harris, Doctor and Mohel for Jewish Circumcision Clinic in London Bris Mila Brit Milah.
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