Low-birth-weight babies: A focus on periodontal health increases
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Jannette Whisenhunt, RDH, examines research suggesting that sound periodontal health does increase changes of full-term delivery in a pregnancy.
Jannette Whisenhunt, RDH, examines research suggesting that sound periodontal health does increase changes of full-term delivery in a pregnancy.
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Periodontitis as a risk factor for Diabetes mellitus and Pre-term low birth weight
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Interrelation Between Periodontal Disease and Preterm Birth
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Long-term metabolic risk among children born premature or small for gestational age
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Frontiers Role of Maternal Periodontitis in Preterm Birth
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Zero separation policy in small but stable neonates weighing 1500-2000 grams at birth: a single center study in New Delhi, India
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