Open AccessA OSTEOPOROSE PODE AGRAVAR A DOENÇA PERIODONTAL?: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA
Author(s) -
Roberta Catapano Naves,
Tainá Bulhões,
Leonardo Costa,
Mônica Dourado da Silva Barbosa,
Susyane Almeida
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of dentistry and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2596-3368
DOI - 10.17267/2596-3368dentistry.v6i2.667
Subject(s) - osteoporosis , medicine , periodontal disease , dental alveolus , dentistry , bone mineral , disease , population , quality of life (healthcare) , periodontitis , environmental health , nursing
With the population aging, the chronic diseases related to the seniors, as the osteoporosis, increased generating a problem of public health that affects the quality of life of the population directly. The osteoporosis is a systemic disease that causes the mineral unbalance of the bones causing bone fragility and increase in the probability of fractures. Besides the long bones, it can attack the alveolar processes of the jawbone and of the jaw, could worsen the disease periodontal and to take to the dental loss. The objective of this work is to approach, through a revision of the literature, the present knowledge about the possible influence of the osteoporosis in the periodontal disease and in the levels of the alveolar bone mineral density.