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    Premier Smile Center

    Premier Smile Center

    2717 E Oakland Park Blvd #100
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306

    Phone: 954-566-7479

    • Coming to Premier Smile Center was a life-changing experience for me. Although I was a registered nurse, I had the worst teeth ever—a missing tooth, discolored teeth and a crooked...
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    • I was terrified to receive a root canal, but I knew it had to be done. After meeting with Dr. Johnson and Dr. Bui, I felt better about the procedure....
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    • Before coming to Premier Smile Center, I had not been to a dentist in some time. I needed some periodontal work done, fillings and wisdom tooth extractions. What initially struck...
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    • Everything I have had done at Premier Smile Center has been top-notch. The treatment I received was thorough, precise and extremely professional. I never felt like just another patient because...
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    • From the moment I arrived at Premier Smile Center over a year ago, Dr. Johnson and her entire staff have been amazing. Needless to say, anytime you have a cosmetic...
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    Charmaine Johnson DDS Premier Smile Center

    April 25, 2020
    5 yearsago
    Vitamin D Deficiency Fort Lauderdale Dentist

    Vitamin D is made in the skin from enough exposure to the sun and acquired through your diet. So down here in Florida, how can we be deficient? I didn’t think it was possible until my son who is 12 years as diagnosed as being deficient. He does sports outdoors 5-6 days a week! I still don’t understand why that is the case, but his doctor said it’s more common than you realize. Fast forward 6 months later and I stumbled on an article in a dental journal about how vitamin D deficiency impacts wound healing and implant failure!

    Vitamin D Deficiency is caused by:

    1. Diet – not getting enough from things like fatty fishes like salmon and mackerel; fish oils, egg yolks, beef liver, orange juice and milk fortified with vitamin D.
    2. Sun exposure – this can be challenging if you use high SPF sunblock or have darker pigmented skin. The high SPF sunscreen is our case as we have 100SPF sunblock.
    3. Medical conditions – Vitamin D is converted to its active form in the kidneys so people with kidney disease can be at risk. Finally, obesity is a factor as the fat tissue extract Vitamin D from the blood.

    This relates to dental treatment for the following reasons:

    1. INFECTION is increased because Vitamin D helps the immune system fight bacteria. This is a problem with gum disease and infections after teeth are extracted or surgery is done.
    2. BONE METABOLISM – Vitamin D helps the bone cells breakdown bone and regard bone. This is important with implants – we rely on the bone to grow around the implant to make it part of your body.
    3. Gingivitis and gum disease – because low levels mean low immune response; low bone growing effect, using the laser to regenerate bone and cure gum disease is less effective.

    So, in conclusion, make sure you find out how your Vitamin D levels are doing when you do your annual medical checkup. Also consider checking those levels if your gum health is not what it should be despite treatment.

    Learn more about your dental health. Schedule a consultation with Fort Lauderdale dentist Dr. Charmaine Johnson at the Premier Smile Center.

    Premier Smile Center

    Premier Smile Center

    2717 E Oakland Park Blvd #100
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306

    Phone: 954-566-7479

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