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Periodontal disease in pregnancy. i. prevalence and severity.

Harald Löe, +1 more
- 01 Dec 1963 - 
- Vol. 21, Iss: 6, pp 533-551
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(1963). Periodontal Disease in Pregnancy I. Prevalence and Severity. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica: Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 533-551.

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Indices for Prevalence and Incidence of Periodontal Disease

TL;DR: When the extent and distribution of the disease has been investigated, the available information is utilized in search for etiological factors and studies of the nature of the Disease.
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A System of Classification and Scoring for Prevalence Surveys of Periodontal Disease

TL;DR: A method for scoring the effects of periodontal disease which permits quantitative comparisons between or within human populations, and which may be applied swiftly and with a minimum of equipment in the field is described.
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Pregnancy gingivitis: History, classification, etiology

TL;DR: The histologic changes apparently do not arise from a single etiological factor, but are a manifestation of the altered nutritional and the metabolic status of the individual during pregnancy, and the immediate cause of the gingival changes appears to be a diminished utilization of estrogen or a modification of estrogen metabolism.