Foundations skills for Midwifery: Oral Hygiene.

Various studies and health care professionals have suggested that oral hygiene within the health service, is a care provision which should be considered more carefully. This paper is going to look into the reasons behind this; the need for carrying out such a procedure, equipment required, skills in relation to the care provision, safety measures and ways of improvement. All of these are going to be implemented on basic oral hygeine procedures, although also relaying …

…it in her career. Therefore she must be both knowledgeable and skilled in the techniques and procedures described. She must also be competant in doing so and responsible in her own actions and updating any relevant information on oral hygiene. Pregnancy is a time in a woman's life when the body goes through an enormous change, the mouth can be no exception and care must be provided to ensure it is kept healthy and clean.