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Properties of vitamins for dental health
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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[Properties of vitamins and their overdose
Retinol (vitamin A)
When this vitamin in the body is not enough, the person can be reduced salivation, as well as inflammation of the mucous membranes of the mouth. To prevent this from happening, vitamin A is prescribed in a few inflated doses, especially for smokers, who especially suffer from dry mouth and oral cavity vulnerability.
If you have identified such symptoms as excessive dryness of the mucosa, excessive hair loss, nails and skin are flaky, bones break, teeth may hurt - this may be due to a lack of vitamin A, that is, retinol.
Ergocalciferol (vitamin D2)
It helps to better assimilate calcium in the body, promotes the accumulation of calcium in bone tissue, and the removal of harmful lead compounds from the body.
The lack of vitamin D is fragile bones and teeth, pale scaly skin, dull eye whites.
An excess of vitamin D is the risk of developing such an unpleasant disease as osteoporosis, a decrease in the intake of minerals in the body (this vitamin in large doses inhibits their assimilation), poor operation of the valvular valves, fragility of the vessels.
Tocopherol (vitamin E)
With inflammations, erosions and ulcers of gums and other body tissues, this vitamin is used in high doses. But only temporarily, so that the tissues are tightened and the foci of inflammation are extinguished.
Overdose of vitamin E threatens increased fatigue, visual impairment, constant weakness.
Vitamin K or menaquinone
It is a vitamin that the human body itself produces. The place of his dislocation is in the intestine. And yet vitamin K must be obtained from outside, with the help of pharmaceutical products.
Vitamin K is prescribed with increased bleeding gums, as well as other diseases of the oral cavity. In particular, it helps well with reduced blood clotting, periodontitis and gingivitis.
Thiamine (vitamin B1)
If there is a lack of vitamin B1 in the body, you can feel dryness in your mouth, jaundices, cracks may appear in the mouth. If you see these signs - immediately consult a doctor for examination and prescription of vitamin therapy at the doses you need.
If with vitamin B1, on the contrary, you overdo it, it can cause increased fatigue, drowsiness, even nausea and shortness of breath.
Vitamin B1 in doses above the average is prescribed for the disease of the facial nerve, neuritis, stomatitis, glossitis. It works very well!
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)
If you have cracks in the lips and in the oral cavity, as well as the soreness of the tongue, you will most likely be prescribed vitamin B2, or riboflavin. It is rarely allergic, this drug is usually well tolerated, although overdoses are dangerous increased fatigue and a state of weakness.
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)
If the body lacks this vitamin, wrinkles can appear around the eyes and mouth even at a young age. In addition, you can fix anemia, diseases of the mucous membranes, periodontitis, glossitis.
From all these diseases, vitamin B6 is the first medicine.
If you get too dirty with doses, you risk increasing the level of hydrochloric acid in your stomach, as well as numbness in your hands and feet. Sometimes sudden seizures can be disturbing, but this is with a very high dose of vitamin B6, injected intramuscularly.
Cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12)
This famous vitamin can help with dry mouth, gum disease, incomprehensible numbness and astringency of the tongue, changing the color of the mucous to bright red.
This means that now you do not have enough vitamin B12 in your body. They treat anemia and even radiation sickness, as well as neuralgia.
Vitamin C (folic acid)
If there is a shortage of this vitamin in the body, you can suffer from gingivitis, periodontitis, and sores may appear in the mouth. All this is a lack of vitamin C.
Overdose of this vitamin leads to a malfunction in the immune system, a decrease in the level of vitamin B12 in the blood. And this - anemia and fatigue, violations of metabolic processes. Therefore, you need to carefully observe the dose of vitamins.
Nicotinic acid (vitamin PP)
If you have a shortage of vitamin PP in your body, this can be seen even externally. The oral cavity changes color to bright red, the tongue also becomes saturated red, swells, becomes flabby and swollen. Still possible headache, lethargy.
Lack of vitamin PP leads to increased salivation with dry mouth, ulcers, discomfort in the tongue, redness of the skin.
It is very important before taking a vitamin for dental health, consult the doctor in advance, and not prescribe yourself treatment yourself. Be healthy with vitamins!