Stomatology ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (12): 940-946.doi: 10.13591/j.cnki.kqyx.2025.12.011

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The role and its mechanism of inflammatory factors in the relationship between periodontitis in the third trimester of pregnancy and fetal growth

YUE Yuxu, GAO Jinhua, BAI Xue, REN Xiuyun()   

  1. Department of Periodontics, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
  • Received:2024-12-10 Online:2025-12-28 Published:2025-12-16
  • Contact: REN Xiuyun E-mail:rxy611@163.com

Abstract:

Periodontitis is a chronic destructive disease that invades the gums and periodontal tissues, and the pathogenic bacteria of periodontitis can infect multiple tissues and organs through blood, and are the causative agents of a variety of systemic diseases. A large number of studies have shown that periodontitis during the third trimester of pregnancy is highly correlated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, with infection and inflammation as important causes. This article reviews the role and mechanism of inflammatory factors in periodontitis in the third trimester of pregnancy and adverse outcomes of pregnancy.

Key words: periodontitis, adverse pregnancy outcomes, inflammatory factors

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