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Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health

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This study provided an interesting glimpse <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the oral health <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> infants in<br />

Winnipeg, Canada. Nearly <strong>on</strong>e fifth <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the infants returning for the infant dental<br />

assessment were identified as having enamel hypoplasia in their primary anterior teeth. A<br />

total <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 31 infants (23.0%) also had cavitated caries lesi<strong>on</strong>s involving primary teeth.<br />

When early incipiencies were included in the definiti<strong>on</strong> for ECC, 49 children (36.3%)<br />

were reported to have ECC.<br />

Several factors were identified to be associated with the presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> enamel<br />

hypoplasia in infants. Overall, lower calcium levels during pregnancy were significantly<br />

associated with the presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> enamel hypoplastic defects while drinking milk daily,<br />

daily margarine use, and maternal awareness <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> vitamin D were significantly protective<br />

against the presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> enamel hypoplasia. Unfortunately, despite the fact that there was<br />

a trend at the bivariate level towards lower maternal vitamin D levels and the presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

enamel hypoplasia, this was not substantiated up<strong>on</strong> logistic regressi<strong>on</strong> analyses. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Prenatal</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

25(OH)D levels were not found to be associated with the presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> enamel hypoplasia<br />

in infants in this study.<br />

Daily milk c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> during pregnancy was identified to be protective against<br />

ECC while the absence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> full-time employment in the household during pregnancy was<br />

significantly associated with ECC. Overall, key factors identified to be associated with<br />

ECC in these infants included their age at the time <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the dental visit, the presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

enamel hypoplasia, al<strong>on</strong>g with lower maternal 25(OH)D levels during pregnancy. This<br />

relati<strong>on</strong>ship was identified at both the bivariate and multivariate levels. Further, the<br />

overall caries rate was also associated with lower prenatal vitamin D levels.<br />

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