Table 1.
Extra oral and intra oral findings (frequency)
| Pregnant women 2nd trimester (n=46) |
Pregnancy women 3rd trimester (n=54) |
Non-pregnant women (n=100) |
|
| Extra oral | |||
| TMJ! and myofacial pain | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| Chloasma/facial hyperpigmentation | 30 | 45 | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 50 | 18 |
| Intra Oral | |||
| Pregnancy epulis/pyogenic granuloma | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aphthous ulceration (minor) | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Aphthous ulceration (major) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Telangiectasia | 10 | 19 | 3 |
| Tooth surface loss associated with severe vomiting |
2 | 1 | 0 |
| Severe gingival bleeding (DIC)* | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 24 | 8 |
*
DIC (Disseminated intravascular coagulation): severe gingival bleeding 1, regressed after labour
!
TMJ = Temporo-mandibular joint