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Can vitamin d insufficiency cause sore, bleeding gums?
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No: vit-c deficiency can cause bleeding gums. vit-d deficiency causes rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults which is a failure of calcification of cartilage and bone.
Answered 10/25/2016
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Vit D Deficiency: No. You're thinking of Vitamin C deficiency. Bleeding gums usually mean gum disease (bacterial), although in rare circumstance can be caused by blood dyscrasia or systemic disease. Please see your General Dentist or preferably a gum/bone specialist, a Periodontist, to begin the differential diagnostic process.
Answered 12/24/2019
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