Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health
Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health
Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health
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Table 1.3-2 – Other circumstantial evidence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a relati<strong>on</strong>ship between vitamin D and oral<br />
health<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Influence</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Vitamin</str<strong>on</strong>g> D <strong>on</strong> <strong>Oral</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Nature <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Associati<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>Oral</strong> cancer and UVB exposure 124,125<br />
Molar-incisor-hypomineralizti<strong>on</strong> and<br />
populati<strong>on</strong>-wide vitamin D<br />
supplementati<strong>on</strong> 126<br />
Ultraviolet light and caries 127-129<br />
Ecological evidence that oral cancer am<strong>on</strong>g<br />
Caucasian men is inversely correlated with<br />
solar UVB and rural residence 124,125<br />
Low prevalence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> molar-incisorhypomineralizati<strong>on</strong><br />
may be a result <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> mass<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> vitamin D<br />
supplementati<strong>on</strong> to children during infancy<br />
and childhood in Germany in the past two<br />
decades 126<br />
Experimental trial evidence that children<br />
exposed to full spectrum ultraviolet<br />
lighting had very low or no increase in<br />
caries incidence in permanent dentiti<strong>on</strong><br />
(DMFT, DMFS) 127 Differences were<br />
significantly lower than c<strong>on</strong>trols. 127<br />
Elementary school children exposed to full<br />
spectrum lighting for 9 m<strong>on</strong>ths had a lower<br />
incidence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> caries in permanent first<br />
molars than those exposed to cool-white<br />
light. 128<br />
Seas<strong>on</strong> and caries 111,130<br />
Hours <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> yearly sunshine and caries and<br />
enamel hypoplasia 69,130,131<br />
Evidence that caries rates in permanent<br />
dentiti<strong>on</strong> (based <strong>on</strong> D and M) might be<br />
associated with mean annual hours <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
sunshine 129<br />
Evidence that the incidence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> caries is<br />
higher in late winter and early spring than<br />
during summer periods 111<br />
Children living in cities where the winter<br />
temperature was > 30˚F had lower mean<br />
caries rates in the permanent dentiti<strong>on</strong> than<br />
those living in cities with colder winter<br />
temperatures 130<br />
Mean caries rates in the permanent<br />
dentiti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> children living in cities with<br />
> 2,600 hours <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sunshine each year were<br />
significantly lower than those receiving<br />
< 2,600 hours <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sunshine per year 130,131<br />
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