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Volume 8 Issue 1 (January, 2020)

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Assessment of correlation of Low serum vitamin D and early dental implant failure
Atul Singh, Mudit Agarwal, Arun Prasad

Background: Despite the importance of vitamin D and its effects on bone metabolism few studies have, to date, investigated the effects of its depletion on the osseointegration of dental implants. Material and method: A total of 90 patients were selected for this retrospective study. Patients were divided into two age groups based on age: Group 1: less than 40 years, Group 2: ≥ 40 years. Patient’s serum Vitamin D status at the time of implant surgery was also obtained from the clinical records. Number of cases of early implant failure was recorded. Early implant failure, occurring within 5 months after implant placement and prior to placement of the prosthetic restoration and the functional load of the implant, was the primary criteria evaluated. Results: 49 out of 90 patients were males comprising of 54.44% of the study sample. Females accounted for 45.55% of the sample size (table 1). The current study observed that 37 out of 90 patients who were a part of this study were below 40years of age accounting for 41.44% of the sample size. 15 patients had Vitamin D levels of less than 10ng/ml. In these patients 2 cases of early implant failure were recorded. There were 44 patients with Vitamin D levels between 10-30ng/ml. Amongst these patients 3 early implant failure cases were reported. Only 1 failure case was reported amongst 31 patients with serum Vitamin D levels in excess of 30ng/ml. This relation was however not statistically significant with P-value of 0.18. Conclusion: A definitive link between low serum vitamin D levels and early dental implant failure could not be established. Key words: Vitamin D deficiency, Early implants failure, Osseointegration.

 
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