**Author details**

Girish Suragimath School of Dental Sciences, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University, Karad, Maharashtra, India

\*Address all correspondence to: drgirishsuragimath@gmail.com

© 2019 The Author(s). Licensee IntechOpen. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

**27**

2017;**67**(1):27-32

2000. 2013;**61**:160-176

[8] Armitage GC. Bi-directional relationship between pregnancy and periodontal disease. Periodontology

*Periodontal Disease and Pregnancy Outcome DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.84949*

[1] Kornman KS. Age, supragingival plaque, and steroid hormones as ecological determinants of the subgingival plaque. In: Genco RJ, Mergenhagen RJ, editors. Host-parasite Interactions in Periodontal Disease. Washington, DC: American Society for [9] Saigal S, Burrows E, Stoskopf BL, Rosenbaum PL, Streiner D. Impact of extreme prematurity on families of adolescent children. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2000;**137**:701-706

[10] Slatterry MM, Morrison JJ. Preterm delivery. Lancet. 2002;**360**(9344):1489-1497

[11] Lieff S, Jared H, McKaig R, et al. Periodontitis and pre-term low birth weight risk in pregnant women. Journal of Dental Research. 2000;**79**:608

[12] World Health Organisation. The incidence of low birth weight: An update. Weekly Epidemiological Record.

[13] Jamieson DJ, Theiler RN, Rasmussen SA. Emerging infections and pregnancy. Emerging Infectious Diseases.

[14] Poole JA, Claman HN. Immunology of pregnancy. Implications for the mother. Clinical Reviews in Allergy &

pregnancy. Clinical Infectious Diseases.

[16] Belcher C, Doherty M, Crouch SPM. Synovial fluid neutrophil function in RA: The effect of pregnancy associated proteins. Annals of the Rheumatic

[18] Petty HR, Kindzelskii AL, Espinoza J,

deactivates human neutrophils. Journal of Immunology. 2006;**176**:3205-3214

Immunology. 2004;**26**:161-170

[15] Singh N, Perfect JR. Immune reconstitution syndrome and exacerbation of infections after

1984;**59**:205-211

2006;**12**:1638-1643

2007;**45**:1191-1199

Diseases. 2002;**61**:379-380

[17] Crocker I, Baker P, Fletcher J. Neutrophil function in pregnancy and rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2000;**59**:555-564

Romero R. Trophoblast contact

Microbiology; 1982. pp. 132-138

[3] Mealey BL, Klokkevold PR, Ambalavanan N. Chapter 25, Impact of periodontal infection on systemic health. In: Carranza's Clinical Periodontology. 12th ed. Gurgaon: Elsevier Relx India Pvt. Ltd; 2006.

[4] Armitage GC. Development of classification system for periodontal disease and condition. Annals of Periodontology. 1999;**4**:1-6

[5] Page RC. The role of inflammatory mediators in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease. Journal of

Periodontal Research. 1991;**26**:230-242

[7] Lohana MH, Suragimath G, Patange RP, Varma S, Zope SA. Prospective Cohort study to assess and correlate the maternal periodontal status with their pregnancy outcome. The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India.

[6] Offenbacher S, Katz V, Fertik G, Collins J, Boyd D, Maynor G, et al. Periodontal infection as a possible factor for preterm low birth weight. Journal of Periodontology. 1996;**67**:1103-1113

pp. 261-268

[2] Armitage GC. Effect of periodontal therapy on general health—Is there a missing component in the design of these clinical trials? Journal of Clinical Periodontology. 2008;**35**:1011-1012

**References**

*Periodontal Disease and Pregnancy Outcome DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.84949*
