Author(s)

Aleyna Karaoglu¹, Zeynep Seda Pekcetin², Ege Koray³, Huseyin Yalcin Soyer⁴, Meltem Koray^5*

¹Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
²Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey.
³Faculty of Medicine, Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁴Private Practice, Bursa, Turkey.
⁵Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Vitamin D is a multifunctional hormone that is mostly produced in the skin following exposure to ultraviolet B sunlight. It coordinates the physiological functions by controlling calcium and phosphate metabolism, promotes growth, and induces necessary remodeling of the bones and teeth. As known high serum vitamin D levels have beneficial effects on oral health and that exposure to safe sunlight can reduce the risk of periodontal disease and thus affect implant success. In order to prove this hypothesis, we conducted a detailed literature review. In the literature review, 3 clinical studies and 2 case reports of implant and vitamin D were found. Although vitamin D is highly correlated with bone metabolism, and expected a very close relationship with implant success, a large number of experimental studies and few clinical studies unfortunately showed contradictory results and no direct studies showing vitamin D and implant success were found. Therefore, it is necessary to demonstrate the existence or absence of this relationship by conducting much broader studies.

Vitamin D, Implant Success, Osseointegration

Karaoglu, A. , Pekcetin, Z. , Koray, E. , Soyer, H. and Koray, M. (2019) The Role of Vitamin D in Implant Success. Open Journal of Stomatology, 9, 260-269. doi: 10.4236/ojst.2019.911027.