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Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health

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Hungarian preschool children as no logistic regressi<strong>on</strong> modeling was used to c<strong>on</strong>trol for<br />

c<strong>on</strong>founding variables. 114<br />

Recent research indicates that there was no significant difference in the number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

teeth with untreated decay in elderly individuals originally enrolled into a randomized,<br />

placebo-c<strong>on</strong>trolled trial involving vitamin D and calcium supplementati<strong>on</strong>. 45 However,<br />

l<strong>on</strong>gitudinal evidence from the Iowa Fluoride Study cohort revealed that lower vitamin D<br />

intake at three years <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> age is significantly associated with increased caries in the primary<br />

dentiti<strong>on</strong>. 115 The relati<strong>on</strong>ship was very str<strong>on</strong>g as inadequate intake <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> vitamin D was<br />

associated with increased caries experience <strong>on</strong> logistic regressi<strong>on</strong>. 115<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Vitamin</str<strong>on</strong>g> D Receptor Polymorphisms<br />

Newer evidence has begun to uncover possible associati<strong>on</strong>s between dental caries and<br />

VDR gene polymorphisms. A l<strong>on</strong>gitudinal cohort <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> veterans that looked at the VDR<br />

genotype found significantly more permanent teeth with caries at baseline am<strong>on</strong>g those<br />

with the Apaq I VDR aa genotype compared to those with the Aa genotype (5 ± 6 vs. 3 ±<br />

3, p=.04). 51<br />

Meanwhile, a published abstract in 2003 provides cross-secti<strong>on</strong>al evidence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a<br />

str<strong>on</strong>g associati<strong>on</strong> between VDR Taq 1 genotype polymorphisms and adult dental caries<br />

rates. 116 Allele distributi<strong>on</strong> revealed those with the presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the t allele were nearly<br />

three times more likely to develop high DMFT rates. In additi<strong>on</strong>, those with the tt<br />

genotype were more than four times more likely to develop caries than those with the TT<br />

or Tt genotype. 116 1.3-29

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