Abstract
Aims and Objectives – An Interventional study was designed to assess knowledge, attitude, and practices of gynaecologists practicing in Faridabad regarding Oral health care in expectant mothers and newborns. Materials and Methods - They were assessed using a 32 item validated self-administered questionnaire including demographic information and questions about knowledge, attitude and practice. Results - Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software (version 21) and Chi-square, 103 gynaecologists participated in the study and showed significant results with P value less than .05. Oral health manual was distributed among the gynaecologists, questionnaire was refilled and reassessment was done. It showed highly statistically significant results with p value = .0065. has shown improvement of their KAP score from 65.1750 to 81.6643. Conclusion - Thus it can be concluded that a comprehensive oral health program with the hand in hand of gynaecologists and dental specialist, is possible and has the potential to establish attitudes about the importance of maintaining optimum oral health of expectant mothers.
 Keywords – Expectant mothers, multiprofessional approach, newborn, oral Health manual.
 Source of support – Nil
 Conflict of interest – None
 Ethical clearance - Approved
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