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Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health

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for additi<strong>on</strong>al factors such as the child’s medical history and prenatal 25(OH)D<br />

c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

An interesting finding from the bivariate analysis was the fact that participants<br />

who had a previous child undergo pediatric dental surgery in hospital to treat ECC had<br />

significantly lower vitamin D levels. These same participants were also significantly<br />

more likely to have infants with noticeable enamel hypoplasia. While we are unaware <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

these participants’ vitamin D status during their previous pregnancies it is possible that<br />

their vitamin D levels would not differ greatly from <strong>on</strong>e pregnancy to the next. Their<br />

dietary and lifestyle choices may be static over time. Low levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> vitamin D during a<br />

past pregnancy may have resulted in their older child having enamel hypoplasia that<br />

placed them at increased risk for dental surgery under GA because <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ECC. However, this<br />

hypothesis cannot be substantiated in this current investigati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

In additi<strong>on</strong> to enamel hypoplasia, statistical analyses also explored associati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

with the presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> both ECC and caries rates, namely the decayed tooth rate (dt score).<br />

Several small regressi<strong>on</strong> models were c<strong>on</strong>structed for ECC. The first involved the<br />

measures <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> serum metabolites obtained from the blood sample provided by participants<br />

during pregnancy. No <strong>on</strong>e metabolite emerged to be significantly associated with ECC;<br />

although vitamin D levels were significantly associated with ECC at the bivariate level.<br />

However, results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the backwards logistic regressi<strong>on</strong> including all four serum<br />

metabolites did suggest that low 25(OH)D levels during pregnancy were associated with<br />

an increased risk for ECC (p=.063). No other study has attempted to correlate maternal<br />

prenatal levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these metabolites with ECC development in <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fspring. Another<br />

regressi<strong>on</strong> model for ECC c<strong>on</strong>trolled for factors known to have a direct influence <strong>on</strong><br />

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