Open AccessDo Patients with Osteoporosis Have Higher Risk to Present Reduced Alveolar Ridge Height? An Imaging Analysis
Author(s) -
Luciana Munhoz,
Daniela Y Takahashi,
Danielle Ayumi Nishimura,
Érika Antônia dos Anjos Ramos,
Jefferson da Rocha Tenório,
Emiko Saito Arita
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_497_18
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoporosis , ridge , dentistry , orthodontics , geology , paleontology
Osteoporosis and periodontitis are both diseases that induce bone resorption. The objective of this study was to verify through panoramic radiography analysis whether patients with osteoporosis have a greater risk of periodontal disease (horizontal alveolar bone defect and vertical alveolar bone defect) when compared with patients without osteoporosis.