Table 3.
Frequency distribution of oral impacts in pregnant Ugandan women according to Community Periodontal index and missing teeth (n = 713)
| CPI = 0 | CPI ≥ 1 | No loss of tooth in anterior & molar region |
Loss of at least 1 tooth in both anterior & Molar region |
No loss of molar teeth | Loss of at least 1 molar tooth | |||||||
| Impact | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) |
| Eating | 20.1 | (44) | 27.7 | (125)* | 23.6 | (150) | 55.9 | (19)** | 20.2 | (99) | 38.7 | (70)** |
| Speaking | 7.8 | (17) | 9.3 | (42) | 8.2 | (52) | 21.2 | (7)** | 4.9 | (24) | 19.3 | (35)** |
| Cleaning | 17.4 | (38) | 22.8 | (102) | 20.2 | (128) | 36.4 | (12)* | 18.3 | (89) | 28.5 | (51)* |
| Sleeping | 15.6 | (34) | 18.8 | (83) | 16.1 | (101) | 48.5 | (16)** | 13.5 | (65) | 29.2 | (52)** |
| Smiling | 5.0 | (11) | 5.6 | (25) | 4.6 | (29) | 20.6 | (7)** | 3.5 | (17) | 10.6 | (19)* |
| Carry out work | 12.3 | (27) | 12.7 | (57) | 11.6 | (74) | 31.3 | (10)* | 8.2 | (40) | 24.4 | (44)** |
| Enjoy social contact | 5.9 | (13) | 7.1 | (32) | 6.1 | (39) | 17.6 | (6)* | 4.3 | (21) | 13.3 | (24)** |
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01