What is it about?

Based on health belief model, we investigated factors enhancing oral and dental health of pregnant women in northern Iran.

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Why is it important?

Pregnant women are still among target population around the world and their dental and oral health is of utmost importance in dental health care settings.

Perspectives

Pregnant women need to be educated in terms of their oral health. Since we found awareness as one of the major predictors of their oro-dental behaviour.

Professor Golpar Radafshar
Guilan Unuversity of Medical Sciences

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This page is a summary of: An Investigation into the Predictors of Behavior Promoting Oral and Dental Health in Pregnant Women Based on the Health Belief Model (HBM), Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Pathology and Surgery, December 2016, CASRP: Center of Advanced Scientific Research and Publications,
DOI: 10.18869/acadpub.3dj.5.3.24.
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