Heaton B

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2021-2025
2025
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2024.09.117

BackgroundFertility success among mixed-sex couples often depends on frequency and timing of sexual intercourse, yet little research has evaluated the association between preconception sexual function and time-to-pregnancy.ObjectiveTo evalu…

2025
Journal of dental research ·doi:10.1177/00220345251325216

The health of prospective parents before conception (i.e., preconception health) has important intergenerational consequences. Although oral health is associated with several reproductive outcomes, it is often absent from preconception heal…

2023
American Journal of Epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/aje/kwad142

Few studies have evaluated the association between periodontitis and spontaneous abortion (SAB), and all had limitations. We used data from the Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO), a prospective preconception cohort study of 3,444 pregnancy pla…

2021
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deab058

Study questionIs a history of periodontitis among women associated with reduced fecundability?Summary answerA history of periodontitis, as assessed by three different self-reported measures, may be associated with reduced fecundability.What…