The importance of women's oral health and its association with overall systemic health cannot be overemphasized. Poor oral health can have several detrimental effects on a woman's health across her life span. This article reviews the literature and describes how nurses, nurse practitioners, and nurse-midwives can incorporate oral cavity examinations into their care of women.
Keywords: HEENOT; oral health; oral systemic health; periodontal disease; women’s health.
© 2017, AWHONN. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).