Surgical treatment with dental implants in a patient with secondary loss of teeth and osteoporosis caused by an imbalance of vitamin D

In recent years, the success of long-term dental implants has remained problematic, especially because of the increasing rate of mineral balance changes in patients with partial loss of teeth, regardless of their age, race and sex. This article describes the experience of 6 years of treatment with dental implants in a patient with secondary loss of tooth and mineral imbalance (osteopenia) due to vitamin D deficiency, in collaboration with endocrinologist. Along with basic dental care, special medicine was prescribed for this pathology. The bone system was monitored through regular blood tests, skeletal bone densitometry and X-ray of the maxillofacial region. This management plan allowed dental implants to be maintained in good condition for 7 years.

Protein fraction, mineral profile, and chemical compositions of various fiber-based substrates degraded by Pleurotus ostreatus

The objective of this study was to characterize the substrates after their degradation by P. ostreatus within 60 days of cultivation in four Mexican mushroom-producing companies, in order to use it as a complement feed for ruminants. The acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), protein fraction, and mineral profile were analyzed after degradation. Crude protein (CP) of companies 1 and 4 increased by 6.1% and 6.8%, respectively (p ≤ 0.05). Soluble nitrogen reached 60% relative to un-degraded substrate with 43.8%. Proteins A, B1, and B3 fractions increased compared to controls (p ≤ 0.05) at some companies. The B2 fraction was decreased in all the degraded substrates (p ≤ 0.05), but the C fraction at companies 1, 2, and 3 presented no significant differences with respect to their controls (p ≤ 0.05). Crude fiber (CF), ADF, NDF, and hemicellulose (HC) decreased while dry matter digestibility (DMD) increased to 55.5-58% on degrade substrates. The mineral composition increased disproportionately. The substrate degraded by P. ostreatus by improving its digestibility and soluble protein content may be a low-cost food supplement. However, due to its mineral imbalance, it is not recommended as the sole food source for ruminants.

THE BIOLOGICAL ROLE OF MICRONUTRIENTS (MINERALS) IN FORMING HUMAN HEALTH: DERMATOLOGICAL ASPECTS. PART II

The article presents facts that reflect the importance of minerals, which are indispensable components of food, necessary for a full metabolism, growth and development, to reduce the risk of morbidity, to ensure all vital functions, including reproduction of the genome, as well as protection from negative environmental influences, in particular for residents of the Far North and equivalent territories, taking part in adaptation mechanisms. The main adaptive capabilities of a person and the ability to maintain high functional reserves of the body are a consequence of the constancy of the content and intake of vitamins and chemical elements in the body. In the human body, 81 of the 92 chemical elements found in nature are found. Dermatological aspects were noted, reflecting the debut of skin signs (including changes in the appendages: hair and nails) in case of violations of the mineral imbalance in the body, since the skin, as a separate organ, provides the interaction of the entire human body with the environment, being a kind of barrier, while maintaining internal homeostasis. Ways to correct the imbalance of minerals are given.

PLACENTAL DYSFUNCTION: HEALTH STATUS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND MINERAL PROFILE OF A MOTHER-CHILD PAIR

The aim: the analysis of the PD, pregnancy, the labor, the research on peculiarities of the development and health status of breast-fed children, who are born to mothers with PD, by means of analyzing the mother-child pair’s nutritional status and mineral homeostasis. Materials and methods: At the 1 stage, an analysis of the PD frequency, the pregnancy, the labor was conducted during 5 years. At the 2 stage, 188 mother-child pairs were examined: 84.04% women had PD and 15.96% didn’t have it. The research included the analysis of the anamnestic data, maternal nutritional status, general clinical study, assessment of the physical, psychomotor level of the child’s development, study of the elemental profile. Results: High frequency of complications in pregnancy and labor was observed in cases when women had PD, due to the imbalance in the “mother-placenta-fetus” system. The results’ analysis showed an increased level of Zn (1.437%), K (10.147%), and Ca (83.900%) in hair; an increased level of K (82.818%), Cr (0.274%), and Na (3.611%) in breast milk of women with PD. Children born to mothers with PD had a significantly increased level of Cr (0.92%), S (0.578%) and P (0.169%), Na (0.107%), Ca (56.041%), and Zn (7.149%). Conclusions: PD has a negative impact on the pregnancy and labor and may be one of the factors causing the mineral imbalance of breast-fed infant.

MINERAL BALANCE IN HEALTHY AND ILL PEOPLE OF BLAGOVESHCHENSK CITY

The mineral status of healthy and ill citizens of Blagoveshchensk was studied with the help of atomic absorption spectroscopy. It was found out that in the whole blood of healthy people from Blagoveshchensk in comparison with some average standard rates given in literature, there was a bigger (p<0.001) concentration of Co (3.5 and more times), of Cs (15 times more), of Li (4.5 times more), of Mn (34.3 times more), of Ni (4 times more), and there was significantly less of Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Na, Mg, Rb, Zn. At focal tuberculosis the deficit of Ca and Mg and the excess of Cd, Cr, Cs, Hg, K, Li and Pb were registered. And the other way round, under fibrous-cavernous type in the blood there was a low level of Ca, Mg, Mn and Ni (p<0.001), approximately normal contents of Cu, Fe and Zn, and a high (p<0.001) concentration of Cd, Cr, Cs, Hg, K, Li, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, Rb. Moreover, in the blood of people with lung tuberculosis the contents of Hg were 3-5 times more than in healthy people. Under the peptic ulcer disease the mineral imbalance was revealed through the decrease in the blood of Ca and Mg level (p<0.001) and the increase of (p<0.001) Cd, Cr, Cs, K, Li, Mn, Na, Ni and Pb concentration.