“…The density of the mandible, as measured by pyknometry, microdensitometry, quantitative computed tomography, and absorptiometry, has been found to correlate with that of other bones (Henrikson and Wallenius, 1974;Rosenquist et al, 1978;Dyer and Ball, 1980;Mercier and Inoue, 1981;Kribbs et al, 1983Kribbs et al, , 1989von Wowern, 1988; Kribbs, 1990Kribbs, , 1992von Wowern and Kollerup, 1992;Klemetti et al, 1993b), but not if the trabecular portion is considered in isolation (Klemetti et al, 1993a;). An uncritical view of the literature, however thorough, may therefore lead one to conclude that osteoporosis could have a significant influence on mandibular bone (Hildebolt, 1997).…”