1 Faculty of Dental Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.
2 Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 21(02), 2019-2026
Received on 15 January 2024; revised on 25 February 2024; accepted on 27 February 2024
Background: Vitamin D is a steroid prohormone that can be obtained primarily from exposure to sunlight and can also be obtained from food or supplements. Vitamin D has an important role in various metabolisms and developments in the human body, including in the process of odontogenesis or tooth development. Vitamin D deficiency can be associated with various problems in the oral cavity, in this case it has the potential to trigger enamel hypoplasia. Enamel hypoplasia is a quantitative defect in enamel, which appears as pits, grooves, missing enamel or smaller teeth. This literature study will discuss the relationship between Vitamin D concentration and dental development in early childhood.
Method: The method used is an article review that was conducted by analyzing various articles on related themes on virtual platforms such as PubMed, Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Science Direct.
Results: Vitamin D significantly affects the development of teeth in fetuses to babies.
Conclusion: Vitamin D plays an important role in various metabolisms and development of the human body. Vitamin D deficiency can cause developmental disorders and various diseases of the oral cavity such as enamel hypoplasia.
Vitamin D; Deficiency; Odontogenesis; Hypoplastic enamel; Pregnancy; Babies
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Salma Putri Widyanti, Emmanuel Andrew and Tantiana. The effect of Vitamin D deficiency on the occurrence of enamel hypoplasia in babies: A review article. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 21(2), 2019-2026. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.21.2.0684