Oral Healthcare during Pregnancy: Its Importance and Challenges in Lower-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

Shah Saif Jahan^{1

2}, Ehsanul Hoque Apu^{3

4}, Zeeba Zahra Sultana^{5

6}, Md Irteja Islam^{7

8}, Nazeeba Siddika⁹

Affiliations

¹ School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford CM1 1SQ, UK.
² Centre for International Public Health and Environmental Research, Bangladesh (CIPHER,B), Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh.
³ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
⁴ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
⁵ Global Health Institute, North South University, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
⁶ Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
⁷ Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
⁸ Centre for Health Research and Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, The University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia.
⁹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.

Editorial

Shah Saif Jahan et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 27;19(17):10681.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710681.

Shah Saif Jahan^{1

2}, Ehsanul Hoque Apu^{3

4}, Zeeba Zahra Sultana^{5

6}, Md Irteja Islam^{7

8}, Nazeeba Siddika⁹

¹ School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford CM1 1SQ, UK.
² Centre for International Public Health and Environmental Research, Bangladesh (CIPHER,B), Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh.
³ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
⁴ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
⁵ Global Health Institute, North South University, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
⁶ Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
⁷ Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
⁸ Centre for Health Research and Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, The University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia.
⁹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.

Abstract

Oral health is essential in general health and well-being to maintain overall quality of life [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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