Received 11.10.2024

DOI: 10.35556/idr-2025-1(110)86-90

The role of vitamins D, A and microelements zinc and fluorine in nutrition for children’s dental health
Dybov A.M., ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2932-168X
Gao Yucheng, ORCID ID: 0009-0008-3287-1069
Li Jining, ORCID ID: 0009-0005-3693-5283
Dudnik O.V., ORCID ID: 000-0001-7150-9216
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Department of Pediatric Preventive Dentistry and Orthodontics
119048, Russia, Moscow, Trubetskaya st., 8, bld. 2

E-mail address: lbj993559@gmail.com

Summary
Long-term epidemiological studies indicate a connection between diet and the condition of the dental system of children and adolescents. The study of the influence of individual components on dental health made it possible to identify those that are most critical for both morbidity and prevention of caries and other disorders.
Objectives. To study the influence of diet, as well as vitamins and microelements on the dental health of children aged 6–12 years. Vitamins D and A, as well as microelements zinc and fluorine, were used as test parameters.
Material and methods. The study involved 80 children aged 6 to 12 years. After a preliminary questionnaire of parents, all children were divided into 2 groups: a group of rational nutrition (GRN, 42 children) and a group of irrational nutrition (GIN, 38 children). In all children, the content of vitamins D, A and zinc were determined in the blood plasma, the content of fluorine was analyzed in the urine.
Results. In the GRN, compared to the GIN, lower caries values (38,1 % vs. 60,53 %), KPU indicators (median/mean equal to 2/2,48 and 3/3,11, respectively; p=0,055), and increased concentrations of vitamin D (57,95±19,42 ng/ml vs. 46,49±19,16 ng/ml; p=0,010), vitamin A (0,35±0,10 μg/ml vs. 0,31±0,08 μg/ml; p=0,039) and zinc (1003,68±116,55 μg/l vs. 865,67±109,20 μg/l; p<0,001) in blood plasma were determined. The fluorine content in the GRN was insignificantly increased.
Conclusion. The relationship between diet and dental health parameters was shown. An association was also found between increased levels of vitamins A and D, and zinc with the best diet option and dental status of children.

Keywords: vitamins, microelements, caries, diet, dental status.

For citation: Dybov A.M., Gao Yucheng, Li Jining,
Dudnik O.V. The role of vitamins D, A and microelements zinc and fluorine in nutrition for children’s dental health. Stomatology for All / Int. Dental Review. 2025; no. 1 (110): 86–90 (in Russian). doi: 10.35556/idr-2025-1(110)86-90

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