How can a pregnant woman prevent premature birth of a child? Now doctors recommend complex tests, preventive treatment of various infections and other expensive and often ambiguous consequences of the procedure.

But English scientists suggest an easier way to significantly reduce the likelihood of birth of premature infants.

It turns out that one of the factors that have a significant effect on the course of pregnancy is the presence of concomitant diseases of the oral cavity, such as caries, periodontitis or periodontitis.

From here follows very simple conclusion - in order to protect yourself and your child from all sorts of complications, it is just ... more often to brush your teeth! As scientists have shown, such "prevention", especially in combination with active therapy in severe forms of oral disease, reduces the likelihood of premature birth by almost 30%.

It turns out that when planning a pregnancy, it is worth to turn not only to the gynecologist, but also to the dentist. And buy a new toothbrush and stock up toothpaste ... medicus. en.

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