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Association between Dental Health and Osteoporosis: A Study in South Indian Postmenopausal Women
- Source :
- Journal of Mid-Life Health, Journal of Mid-Life Health, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 159-162 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd, 2017.
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Abstract
- Aim: This study aims to objectively assess the dentition status in South Indian postmenopausal women and compare the dental health of osteoporotic participants with nonosteoporotic individuals. Materials and Methods: A total of 150 consecutive ambulatory South Indian postmenopausal women (>50 years of age) were assessed for their dental health using an internationally validated scoring system. Bone mineral density (BMD) was assessed using a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanner. Results: About 39% of the participants were found to have osteoporosis and 23% had osteopenia at any site. More than half of them (57%) had poor dental health, and the predominant problems were cavities (43.5%) and loss of teeth (75%). Among 112 women who had tooth loss, the mean tooth loss was 4.8. The mean tooth loss among patients with normal BMD was 1.09 ± 1.2, in osteopenia was 2.1 ± 2, and in osteoporosis was 5.4 ± 2.8 (P < 0.01). The odds of having osteoporosis among the patients with three or more tooth loss were found to be 4.2 (95% confidence interval = 2.4–7.3). Conclusion: Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis had significantly higher number of tooth loss. Tooth loss may thus be used as a surrogate marker to predict osteoporosis.
- Subjects :
- Health (social science)
Osteoporosis
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Dentistry
lcsh:Geriatrics
lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
stomatognathic system
Tooth loss
medicine
Bone mineral density
dental health
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
lcsh:RG1-991
Bone mineral
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Postmenopausal women
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Dental health
030206 dentistry
medicine.disease
osteoporosis
Osteopenia
lcsh:RC952-954.6
stomatognathic diseases
Ambulatory
Original Article
medicine.symptom
business
dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09767819 and 09767800
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Mid-Life Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....04bce88b8830359473d43ffac1b15ec6