Open AccessRadiomorphometric Indices of the Mandible–An Indicator of Osteoporosis
Author(s) -
Poornima Govindraju,
Poornima Chandra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/6844.4160
Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , osteoporosis , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , dentistry , bone mineral , significant difference , orthodontics , radiology , biology , botany , genus
Osteoporosis is a regressive change which occurs in the bone and it is seldom diagnosed before the occurrence of fractures. Hence, determination of mandibular bone density is of paramount importance for the detection of this silent disease.