Vitamin D Deficiency and Early Implant Failure

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Dentists

Audience

September 29, 2025

Released

September 29, 2028

Expires

1 CE Credit

Credits

Free

Cost

Self-Instructional

Method

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About the Course

Course Contents

Course Description

Emerging research shows a strong link between vitamin D levels and dental implant success. A recent systematic review by our group found that vitamin D deficiency may increase early implant failure rates by up to fourfold. Evidence suggests that preoperative vitamin D3 supplementation can enhance osseointegration, improve bone-to-implant contact, preserve peri-implant bone, and reduce early implant failures—even in high-risk groups such as patients with diabetes.

This course reviews the latest evidence, discuss screening and diagnostic protocols for vitamin D deficiency, and provide practical supplementation strategies to help optimize implant outcomes in everyday practice.

Learning Topics

  • Summarize key research findings on the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and early implant failure
  • Implement in-office vitamin D testing protocol utilizing a finger-prick method
  • Apply evidence-based vitamin D supplementation guidelines to clinical practice

Vitamin D Deficiency and Early Implant Failure

 Course Details

  • Course Fee: Free
  • Credits: Catapult Education designates this activity for 1 credit continuing education credit.
  • Method: Self-Instructional
  • Audience: Dentists
  • AGD Subject Code: 010

Meet the Instructor

Richard Miron, BMSC, MSc, PhD, DDS

Dr. Richard Miron is currently lead educator and researcher at Advanced PRF Education and an Adjunct Visiting Faculty in the department of Periodontology in Bern, Switzerland where he completed his PhD studies since 2009. He has currently published over 350 peer-reviewed articles and lectures internationally on many topics relating to growth factors, bone biomaterials and guided bone regeneration.

For the past 8 years, Dr. Miron has been recognized by Dentistry Today as being one of the top 100 CE providers in the country and the youngest to ever make the list. He is also the top ranked researcher on Platelet-Rich Fibrin therapy as per Expertscape independent review. He has recently been awarded many recent international prizes in dentistry and is widely considered as one of the top contributors to implant dentistry having won the ITI Andre Schroeder Prize, the IADR Young Investigator of the Year in the field of Implant Dentistry as well as the IADR Socransky Research award in the field of Periodontology (2020).

He has written 10 textbooks widely distributed in regenerative dentistry including his best-seller in 2019 titled: “Next Generation Biomaterials for Bone and Periodontal Regeneration”, in 2021 titled: “Understanding Platelet Rich Fibrin” and in 2023 titled: "Modern Implant Dentistry".

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Catapult Education, LLC is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
Approved PACE Program Provider. FAGD/MAGD Credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. 6/1/24 to 5/31/28. Provider ID 306446.

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Disclosure

Catapult Education received financial support from Stella Life for this presentation. Dr. Richard Miron received compensation from Stella Life for the time involved in preparing and delivering this presentation. Catapult Education delivers clinically relevant continuing dental education programs which address the needs and preferences of our audience and provides them with the knowledge and confidence to integrate new techniques, practice management and treatment options into their respective practices. Catapult Education is committed to ensuring the content quality, objectivity and scientific integrity of all continuing education courses. Instructors are advised to support clinical recommendations with scientific research-supported data whenever possible and to disclose any conflict of interest between them and any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this CE activity. Instructors are advised, where appropriate and if relevant to the subject matter of the presentation, to mention a variety of different product choices so as to present a balanced view of all therapeutic options available and promote improvements in oral healthcare free from commercial bias