Causes of childhood caries found in the female body

Canadian researchers found that the level of vitamin D in the body during pregnancy depends on the number of fillings in the teeth of it unborn child. It turns out that the risk of caries is put a person back in womb.

Childhood Cavities

Some children are hard to brush their teeth, use dental floss, rinse your mouth after every meal, but still do not get out of the dentists, drilled them one tooth after another. And some almost do not pay attention oral hygiene, but somehow do not face childhood caries   and have healthy teeth. It turns out that it's not luck or good heredity, and how was the level of vitamin D   in the body during their mothers pregnancy.

Scientists from the University of Manitoba in Canada decided to check connection level of the vitamin in the female body with the intensity disease childhood caries . To control observations were selected 207 pregnant women, 135 children who were later checked his teeth at the age of 16 months. Mother of research involved, mainly from poor families.

Level vitamin D   Most women in the period pregnancy appeared normal, but about a third of expectant mothers, he was low. It turned out that 30% of the children were later also all the signs caries, and often they were babies born to women with a lack of vitamin D. As the authors say the study, improved nutrition of expectant mothers help avoid numerous health problems in their children, including disease teeth that require regular visits to the dentist. (READ MORE)

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