1Professor, Department of Oral Pathology& Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College, Chennai, BIHER
2Reader, Department of Oral Pathology& Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College, Chennai, BIHER
3Head of the Department, Department of Oral Pathology& Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College, Chennai, BIHER
4Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology& Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College, Chennai, BIHER
*Corresponding author: Dr. R. Jayasri Krupaa, Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, SreeBalaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Email id: jayasri.krupaa@gmail.com, Phone: 9840286523
Online published on 26 September, 2019.
Amniotic fluid is a yellowish clear fluid that protects the fetus in the uterus. Amniotic fluid forms an accepted physical barrier against fetal trauma and defense against fetal infection. Amniocentesis is primarily used to detect birth defects in an unborn baby. The other invasive techniques such as Chorionic villus sampling, percutaneous umbilical blood sampling, fetoscopy. Orofacial disease, neural tube defects and various syndromes can be detected by this procedure. This diagnosis helps us to know about the defects there by giving choice of possible treatments, terminating or continuing the pregnancy.
Amniotic fluid, Amniocentesis, Placenta, Micrognathia
