The Associations of Maternal and Neonatal Vitamin D with Dental Development in Childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vitamin D influences the formation and mineralization of teeth.

Objective

To investigate the association of maternal and neonatal vitamin D concentrations with the dental development of 10-y-old children, in a population-based prospective cohort study among 3,770 mothers and children in the Netherlands.

Methods

Maternal venous blood samples were collected in the second trimester (median 20.4 weeks of gestation; range: 18.5-23.2 wk) whereas umbilical cord blood samples were collected immediately after delivery (median 40.1 weeks of gestation; range 35.9-42.3 wk). Dental development was defined using the Demirjian method. Multivariate regression models were built to analyze the studied associations.

Results

High concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [2

SUBMITTER: Dhamo B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6435444 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature