The Relation between Serum Levels of Calcium, Phosphorous, and Vitamin D and Prevalence of Early Childhood Caries

Mansour AOA, Salem EAS and Elsoud AGM

Published on: 2021-12-28

Abstract

Objective: Vitamin D, calcium, and phosphorous have a crucial role in mineralized tissue formation and mineralization. Early Childhood Caries (ECC) considers a multifactorial disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between the serum level of vitamin D, calcium, and phosphorous, and ECC in healthy preschool children.

Subject and methods: A total of 36 preschool children with early childhood caries or caries-free, aged between 1-6 years were selected for this clinical study. Enrolled children were randomly divided into two equal groups (n=18); group I; children with ECC, group II; children with caries-free. Clinical examination was carried out to assess decay, missing, filled teeth (dmft) caries index using World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. 25-hydroxyvitamin D “25(OH) 2D”, calcium, and phosphorous in serum had been measured for all enrolled children. Data were analyzed using paired t-test, and chi-square test at a p <0.05 level of significance.