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Investigations in Gynecology Research & Womens Health

The Pregnancy Microbiome: The Link Between Maternal Periodontitis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Opinion

  • Open or Close Irosha Rukmali Perera1*, Manosha Lakmali Perera2 and Nadisha Ratnasekara3

    1Irosha Rukmali Perera, MD in Community Dentistry, Preventive Oral Health Unit, National Dental Hospital (Teaching), Sri Lanka

    2Molecular Microbiology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Sri Lanka

    3Community Dentistry, Preventive Oral Health Unit, National Dental Hospital, Sri Lanka

    *Corresponding author: Irosha Rukmali Perera, MD in Community Dentistry, Preventive Oral Health Unit, National Dental Hospital (Teaching) Sri Lanka, Ward Place, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka, Tel: +94 11 2693106; Email: irosha_rukmali@yahoo.com

Submission: February 11, 2018;Published: April 30, 2017

DOI: 10.31031/IGRWH.2018.02.000530

ISSN: 2577-2015
Volume2 Issue1

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The contagious environment of the oral cavity supports a complex microbial community. Accordingly, the oral cavity harbours the second most diverse microbial community in the body (being second only to the gut) with around 1000 species and many of them are uncultivated bacteria [1]. Humans depend on commensal bacteria for nutritive, immune modulation and maintaining health [2]. An array of physiological and pathological status such as the obesity and metabolic syndrome has been implicated for microbial changes in body sites termed as ‘dysbiosis’. Moreover, microbial changes could result in several body habitats such as the gut, oral cavity and vagina due to alterations in diet, environment, weight and hormones.

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