Dental Recovery Support Program

Dental implants are generally considered a safe and highly predictable surgical procedure performed by many clinicians with the aim of replacing missing teeth. Yet to this day, a number of implants placed in adequate bone volume are lost each year within a 2-8 week period following implant placement for yet explained reasons. As society continues to consume lower quality foods and rely more heavily on fast foods, a large percentage of today’s population is increasingly demonstrating vitamin deficiency upon testing owing to this lack of nutritional intake. These deficiencies are even more pronounced in the aging population where a greater percentage of dental implants are placed. Unfortunately, one of the most prominent deficiencies known to mankind is that of vitamin D, a water-soluble vitamin critical for proper immune function as well as bone homeostasis. Over the past decade, vitamin D deficiency has been observed in ~70% of the population and particularly in post-menopausal osteoporotic women where vitamin D is commonly prescribed (with various co-factors such as vitamin K) with the aim of further optimizing bone density and halting disease progression.