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In a recent study __ was found that vitamin _ is associated with 50 _______ reduction in the incidence __ tooth decay. "My main ____ was to summarize the ________ trial database so that __ could take a fresh ____ at this vitamin D ________," said Dr. Philippe Hujoel __ the University of Washington, ___ conducted the review. While vitamin D's role __ supporting bone health has ___ been disputed, significant disagreement ___ historically existed over its ____ in preventing caries, Hujoel _____. The American Medical Association ___ the U.S. National Research _______ concluded around 1950 that _______ D was beneficial in ________ dental caries. The American ______ Association said otherwise � _____ on the same evidence. __ 1989, the National Research _______, despite new evidence supporting _______ D's caries-fighting benefits, called ___ issue "unresolved." Current reviews by the _________ of Medicine, the U.S. __________ of Human Health and _______ and the American Dental ___________ draw no conclusions on ___ vitamin D evidence as __ relates to dental caries. "Such inconsistent conclusions by _________ organizations do not make ____ sense from an evidence-based ___________," Hujoel said. The trials __ reviewed increased vitamin D ______ in children through the ___ of supplemental UV radiation __ by supplementing the children's ____ with cod-liver oil or _____ products containing the vitamin. The clinical trials he ________ were conducted in the ______ States, Great Britain, Canada, _______, New Zealand and Sweden. ______ were conducted in institutional ________, schools, medical and dental _________, or hospitals. The subjects ____ children or young adults _______ the ages of 2 ___ 16 years, with a ________ mean age of 10 _____. Hujoel's findings come as __ surprise to researchers familiar ____ past vitamin D studies. _________ to Dr. Michael Hollick, _________ of medicine at the ______ University Medical Center, "the ________ from the University of __________ reaffirm the importance of _______ D for dental health." __ said that "children who ___ vitamin D deficient have ____ and delayed teeth eruption ___ are prone to dental ______." The vitamin D question _____ on greater importance in ___ light of current public ______ trends. Vitamin D levels __ many populations are decreasing _____ dental caries levels in _____ children are increasing. |
