Periodontal disease and preterm delivery: a nationwide population‑based cohort study of Taiwan

Source: Scientific Reports (2022)

A preterm delivery or premature birth (PB) entails an infant with a gestational age (GA) of less than 37 weeks at delivery. According to a systematic analysis corporate with the World Health Organization (WHO) an estimation of 14.9 billion of infants were born preterm.

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