A study of the UCM establishes for the first time the causes of the gingival swelling during pregnancy.

-The oral health is necessary to avoid the appearance of the gingival inflammation

Madrid, June of 2011- the main causes of gingival inflammation that presented many pregnant women are the presence of the bacterium, Porphyromonas gingivalis and the amount of bacterial plaque. This is the main conclusion of a study conducted by researchers from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, which will be published shortly in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology.

According to Dr. Ana Carrillo, specialist in periodontics and implants the clinic PerioCentrum Segovia and one of the authors of the study, multiple jobs have described an increase in gingival inflammation during pregnancy, but until now were not known the causes of the process. Our work provides for the first time the main factors associated with gestational gingivitis ”.

The bacteria identified by the researchers, Porphyromonas gingivalis, is a very aggressive pathogen which, if you migrate to the placental tissues may produce adverse drug reactions in pregnancy, preterm delivery and low weight of the baby at birth. This bacterium used as a growth factor progesterone, hormone present in large quantities by the woman during gestation.

Oral health is, therefore, necessary to avoid the appearance of gingival inflammation, as well as to prevent the overgrowth of oral pathogens capable of causing pregnancy complications ”, says Dr. Carrillo.

pregnant 42 and 20 women pregnant not smoking, systemic and periodontally healthy have not participated in this work, with a follow-up period of nine months. The researchers took records (12-14 weeks) first trimester, second trimester (weeks 23-25), third trimester (weeks 33-36) and three months postpartum. The group not pregnancy was evaluated twice with an interval of 6 months between visits, and during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle phase lasting until that the implementation of the possible pregnancy or menstruation occurs and gives start the next cycle. Each record were assessed the levels of progesterone and estradiol in saliva, performed analysis taken and microbiological and immunological indices of plate and gums.

On the other hand, to analyse the results, the authors claim that Spain presents a high prevalence of bacteria p. gingivalis in comparison with other European countries, such as the Netherlands, where it has been used detection methods bacteriological identical. This bacterium can be found all over the world,

underlining United States, where it has been found in 25% of the population, Taiwan, with a 23.1%, and China, where it has been located in the 22.1% of the adult population ”.

On clinical PerioCentrum

The professionals who form the clinical PerioCentrum of Madrid, Guadalajara, Segovia, and Ávila are masters in periodontics from the Complutense University of Madrid, only masters in periodontics and implant Spain accredited by the European Federation of Periodontology, and a member of the Spanish society of Periodontology and implant specialists (SEPA).

PerioCentrum specialists use painless treatment, opt to save the tooth provided that it is possible and their training enables them to solve complex cases in the easiest manner possible.

As for teaching and research, members of PerioCentrum are currently involved in extensive research in the most prestigious universities in Europe and collaborating in the training of other dentists.