Dietary Vitamin C And The Risk For Periodontal Disease

Individuals with periodontal disease were arbitrarily defined as those who had mean clinical attachment levels of 1 5 mm.
Dietary vitamin c and the risk for periodontal disease. We evaluated the role of dietary vitamin c as a contributing risk factor for. Using multiple logistic regression analysis we found a relationship between reduced dietary vitamin c and increased risk for periodontal disease for the. Studies of scorbutic gingivitis and the effects of vitamin c on extracellular matrix and immunologic and inflammatory responses provide a rationale for hypothesizing that vitamin c is a risk factor for periodontal disease.
Contents introduction history of vitamin recommended dietary allowance sources absorption storage function effect of vitamin c on periodontium deficiency of vitamin c toxicity treatment conclusion 3 4. Individuals with periodontal disease were arbitrarily defined as those who had mean clinical attachment levels of or 1 5 mm. Using multiple logistic regression analysis we found a relationship between reduced dietary vitamin c and increased risk for periodontal disease for the overall population odds ratio or 1 19.
The subjects who suffer from periodontitis presented a lower vitamin c intake and lower blood vitamin c levels than the subjects without periodontal disease in the two case control studies. The patients with a lower dietary intake or lower blood level of vitamin c showed a greater progression of periodontal disease than the controls. Vitamin c has long been a candidate for modulating periodontal disease.
Low dietary vitamin c can increase risk for periodontal disease chicago august 16 2000 a study released today in the august issue of the journal of periodontology found that people who consume less than the recommended dietary allowance rda for vitamin c have slightly higher rates of periodontal disease. Studies of scorbutic gingivitis and the effects of vitamin c on extracellular matrix and immunological and inflammatory responses provide a rationale for hypothesizing that vitamin c is a risk factor for periodontal disease. Skip to main content.
There was a dose response relationship between the levels of dietary vitamin c and periodontal disease with an or of 1 30 for those taking 0 to 29 mg of vitamin c per day to 1 16 for those taking. Vitamin c has long been a candidate for modulating periodontal disease. Vitamin c and periodontal health presented by dr.