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Published on: February 2, 2020

Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Pregnant Women in Routine Prenatal Care in South China: A

Xiaojie Lin1,2, Lanlan Jiang1,2, Zhenhua Pang1,2

  • 1College & Hospital of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.

Special Care in Dentistry : Official Publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
|August 29, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
oral attitudeoral knowledgeoral practicepregnant womanrelated factorroutine prenatal care

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