Do Low Vitamin D Levels Have an Association with Oral Disease?

 Hygienists are known for their preventive role in health care. We often pride ourselves on being one of the only health-care providers who prevent disease and do not just treat it. Many hygienists like the idea of being able to tweak diets and home care to help their patients remain healthy and disease-free. One of the supplements often discussed by dental hygienists is vitamin D. However, what are the benefits, and when should we be recommending it for patients? When vitamin D is taken in through sunlight or diet/supplements, it is metabolized in the liver and transformed into a metabolite called 25-hydroxycholecalciferol; this is also referred to as 25(OH)D. This metabolite then forms the active hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D). This active hormone is widely expressed, but the kidneys are believed to be the main source.

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