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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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