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Kim, S.
The influence of vitamin D levels on the healing process after oral surgical procedures – a narrative literature review
Zahnmedizin; [ Diplomarbeit ] Medizinische Universität Graz; 2024. pp. 69
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- Jakse Norbert
- Payer Michael
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- Abstract:
- Introduction: Vitamin D is widely recognized for its crucial role in wound healing. Emerging evi-dence suggests that vitamin D significantly influences overall oral health and out-comes of oral surgical procedures, given its direct impact on bone turnover and im-mune cells. However, vitamin D deficiency remains a prevalent issue across various age groups worldwide, with its gravity often overlooked. A substantial body of re-search, including numerous animal studies as well as in vivo and in vitro experiments, has already established the beneficial effects of vitamin D supplementation and the detrimental consequences of vitamin D deficiency. Despite this wealth of knowledge, limited human studies have specifically focused on the implications of vitamin D sta-tus in the context of oral surgical procedures. This narrative review aims to synthe-size and summarize the findings of different studies that have investigated the effects of vitamin D on a range of surgical procedures, with a particular emphasis on its rele-vance to oral health and surgical outcomes.