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Dental Care in High-Risk Pregnancy: A Scoping Review.

Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry · Molena KF, Arnez MFM, de Paula-Silva FWG · 2026-09-01

Researchers systematically reviewed evidence on dental care for high-risk pregnant women, finding only five studies showing that periodontal disease and untreated caries were common, with limited access to dental services and insufficient integration into prenatal care programmes.

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