CORRELATION OF LACTOBACILLUS IN SALIVA AND OHI, PI, GI, AND PBI INDEX IN PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE FIRST AND THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

Background: Pregnancy is a completely new physiological condition that stimulates important protective forces of the future mother. The changes that occur in the body of the pregnant woman are hormonal, biochemical, anatomical, and histological which are manifested in the functions of all its organs. This study included 66 pregnant women in their first pregnancy, as dependent samples living in Pristina, Kosovo, or coming from nearby places. This research consisted of the determination of the Oral Hygiene Index (OHI), Plaque Index (PI), Gingival index (GI), Index of interdental gingival bleeding (PBI) in pregnant women in the first and third trimester of pregnancy. The results obtained were compared with Lactobacillus values in saliva. The amount of Lactobacillus in saliva was determined by the diagnostic test of CRT-bacteria (Vivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein). Results: The differences in the values of OHI, IDP, GI, PBI in pregnant women in the first and third trimester of pregnancy for OHI value in the third trimester of pregnancy for p