Clinical Correlation of Vitamin D Deficiency and Early Childhood Caries: A Cross-Sectional Study in Western Rajasthan

Amreen Aijaz; Pankaj Chaudhary; Kanchan Malawat; Sultan A Almalki; Tanvi Sharma; AlBandary H Al Jameel; Sugandha Arya

doi:10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_932_23

Clinical Correlation of Vitamin D Deficiency and Early Childhood Caries: A Cross-Sectional Study in Western Rajasthan

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024 Feb;16(Suppl 1):S672-S674. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_932_23. Epub 2023 Dec 20.

Authors

Amreen Aijaz¹, Pankaj Chaudhary², Kanchan Malawat³, Sultan A Almalki⁴, Tanvi Sharma⁵, AlBandary H Al Jameel⁶, Sugandha Arya⁷

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Dentist, Kings Dental Centre, Doha, Qatar.
² Public Health Dentistry, NIMS Dental College and Hospital, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
³ MDS (Oral Medicine and Radiology), Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
⁴ Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Prince Sattam Bin AbdulAziz University, Al-kharj, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ MDS (Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics), Dental Associate, Aatish Dental Care, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
⁶ Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Oral Medicine Radiology, RR Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Abstract

Objectives: To ascertain whether a link exists between vitamin D insufficiency and early childhood caries or not.

Method: From the out patient department (OPD) of the Pedodontics Department at Vyas Dental College, a random sample of 40 kids between the ages of 8 months and 5 years old was chosen. Each kid had blood drawn to check their serum 25(OH) vitamin D levels. All of the data was collated and given the necessary statistical analysis.

Result: The case group's mean serum 25(OH) vitamin D level was 10.19 ng/mL (with a standard deviation of 3.46), while the control group's was 20.84 ng/mL (2.54 SD).

Conclusion: A significant modifiable risk factor for childhood dental caries is a vitamin D deficiency. Therefore, cavities in teeth can be avoided by giving youngsters vitamin D supplements and avoiding vitamin D insufficiency.

Keywords: Caries; early childhood caries; vitamin D.