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Study boosts suspected link between mothers gum disease and both premature birth, low birth weight

lacental blood at the time of delivery.

One in 10 babies in the United States is born too small or too early, which is a major cause of sickness and mortality, Offenbacher said. This work is very important because it confirms a new and potentially modifiable risk factor that we should be able to reduce.

Gum disease may be responsible for up to 18 percent of pre-term deliveries, he said the new study suggests. The size of gum diseases effect appears to be as strong as smoking or alcohol abuse.

Its not just that periodontal disease is a surrogate marker for poor oral hygiene or other socioeconomic factors just sort of jumbled together, the scientist said. The fact that were finding specific organisms that can cause growth and delivery problems opens up a whole new avenue for preventive care.


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Contact: David Williamson
david_williamson@unc.edu
919-962-8596
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7-Mar-2002


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