PMID- 36259439 OWN - Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH CI - Copyright Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH OCI - Copyright Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH TA - Oral Health Prev Dent JT - Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry IS - 1757-9996 (Electronic) IP - 1 VI - 20 PST - epublish DP - 2022 PG - 363-368 LA - en TI - Association Between Periodontitis and Preterm Birth in a Cohort of Pregnant Women in Ivory Coast LID - 10.3290/j.ohpd.b3464893 [doi] FAU - Pockpa, Zocko Ange Désiré AU - Pockpa Z FAU - Soueidan, Assem AU - Soueidan A FAU - Koffi-Coulibaly, Nadin Thérèse AU - Koffi-Coulibaly N FAU - Mobio, Gnaba Samson AU - Mobio G FAU - Pere, Morgane AU - Pere M FAU - Badran, Zahi AU - Badran Z FAU - Struillou, Xavier AU - Struillou X CN - OT - adverse pregnancy outcomes OT - periodontal medicine OT - periodontitis OT - pregnancy OT - preterm birth AB - Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the possible association between periodontitis and preterm birth in Ivory Coast. Materials and Methods: A cohort study including 446 volunteers (pregnant women) aged 15–50 years was performed in the Gynecology-Obstetrics Department of the University Hospital Center of Cocody-Abidjan in Ivory Coast. Socioeconomic and periodontal status was obtained during pregnancy. After delivery, obstetric data was collected. Periodontitis was diagnosed according to the new 2018 EFP/AAP classification of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases and Conditions, as follows: a subject presenting with interdental CAL at two non-adjacent teeth or buccal/oral CAL ≥ 3 mm with pocketing > 3 mm was diagnosed with periodontitis. Any birth before the 37th week was considered a preterm birth (PTB). Results: The prevalence of periodontitis and preterm birth were 59.47% and 18.34%, respectively. Periodontitis was mainly stage 1. PTB was statistically significantly higher in pregnant women with periodontitis compared to women without periodontitis (p = 0.0002). Multivariate analysis showed that periodontitis was associated with PTB (p = 0.0002). Logistic regression showed that periodontitis is a risk factor for preterm birth (OR = 3.62; 95% CI: 1.80–7.31; p = 0.0003). Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that periodontitis is an additional risk factor for preterm birth in Ivory Coast. AID - 3464893