Abstract

Dental caries is a common chronic disease and pregnant women are one of the groups susceptible to dental and oral disease (caries). The results of the Basic Health Research in 2018 were 57.6% of the Indonesian population had dental and oral problems, but only 10.2% were treated by dental medical personnel. The problem in this study is the high percentage of dental caries in Indonesia based on Basic Health Research data. The purpose of this study is to explain the behavior of pregnant women in maintaining dental and oral health during pregnancy through article reviews. Methods of collecting data using a literature review obtained from 3 databases, namely DOAJ, PubMed and ScienceDirect. The results of this study indicate that the behavior of pregnant women in maintaining dental and oral health during pregnancy includes a lack of use of health care facilities during pregnancy, to improve maternal behavior in preventing dental caries during pregnancy can be done by checking teeth in early pregnancy until late age. pregnancy in health care facilities.
 Keyword : Behavior, Oral Health, Pregnant Women, Pregnancy

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