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1 Department of Periodontics and Endodontics, Laboratory of Oral Chemistry and Fluoride Research and Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine and Hadassah Medical Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Plaque, gingival, periodontal indexes, and blood citrate levels were determined in 137 women at various stages of pregnancy. The indexes increased during the whole pregnancy. Blood citrate levels were significantly increased at the end of pregnancy. Estrogenic hormone is probably associated with the gingival and blood citrate alterations.
Submitted on July 15, 1968
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