Dental consultation in family planning: prevalence and associated factors

Abstract

Objective: The objective was to verify the prevalence of dental appointments during family planning and associated factors by pregnant women who underwent prenatal care in the basic network of a municipality in southern Brazil.

Methods: Non-probabilistic sampling included 164 pregnant women with planned pregnancies. Data collection was carried out online, using an electronic questionnaire containing sociodemographic and pregnancy-related questions, based on the Women's Questionnaire, adapted from the 2006 National Demographic and Child and Women's Health Survey. analyzed, observing the relative and absolute frequencies of the variables.

Results: The mean age of pregnant women who underwent family planning was 27.9 years (SD ± 5.85) and only 35.4% had a dental appointment during planning. Those who sought help to become pregnant were more likely to have a dental appointment (OR=2.089, 95%CI 1.047-4.168), as were those who had dental problems during pregnancy (OR=2.622, 95%CI 1.278-5.377) during planning familiar.

Conclusions: The findings of this study showed a low prevalence of dental appointments in family planning. There was a significant association between pregnant women who looked for a professional to get pregnant and those who had dental problems during the gestational period and the outcome variable 'completion of the dental appointment' in family planning.