Investigate the Relationship between Vitamin D3 and Cathelicidin with Tooth Decay Caused by Streptococcus Mutans

Abstract

The study included the collection of 20 blood samples from people with teeth decay that was diagnosed and the causing was the bacterial type Streptococus mutans and 20 blood samples of healthy people, the level of vitamin D3 and the Cathelicidin that called LL37 peptide was measured by using the ELISA technology and compared it with healthy people, and it turns out that those with tooth decay had to have teeth, the level of vitamin D3 and the LL37 is less than the normal level and there was a moral difference between them and the healthy people, and it turns out that there is a relationship between the levels of vitamin D3 and the LL37 in the body that has an important role in maintaining the oral cavity and thus reducing the occurrence of tooth decay.