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Juvenile periodontitis: Skeletal bone mineral content
Author(s) -
Wowern Nina Von,
Stoltze Kaj
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1977.tb01899.x
Subject(s) - osteopenia , medicine , bone mineral content , periodontitis , juvenile , bone mineral , dentistry , forearm , osteoporosis , surgery , biology , genetics
No analysis of the skeletal bone mineral content in patients with juvenile periodontitis seems to be available. The purpose of the present analysis, therefore, was to determine, on the basis of estimation of the skeletal bone mineral content (BMC), if an osteopenia is present in patients with juvenile periodontitis. The material consisted of 30 subjects without known systemic diseases: one group of 15 patients with juvenile periodontitis and a control group of 15 subjects with normal periodontal conditions. Test‐ and control subjects were paired according to sex, age, height, and weight. Each group comprised four men and 11 women aged 18‐31 years. The bone mineral content (BMC) was estimated by gamma‐ray photon absorptiometry of both forearms, expressed (in arbitrary units) as the mean value of 6 scans of each forearm. No significant differences were found between the total average of the 6 scans from right and left forearms or between the total mean value for BMC in the test‐ and in the control group. Conclusively, the analysis shows that the BMC values lie within normal limits in patients with juvenile periodontitis. Therefore, a generalized osteopenia does not seem to be a contributory factor in this disease.