Tooth loss and bone mineral density among postmenopausal women

Abstract

Loss of teeth by pa tients has been cur rently a big prob lem, not only aes thetic one but also health-related. There are many re ports describ ing the re la tion ship of perio don tal dis ease, al veo lar bone re sorp tion and loss of teeth with re duced bone min eral den sity. The aim of this study was to ex am ine the re la tion ship be tween the loss of bone min eral den sity of the spine and the number of teeth present in the oral cav ity of pa tients dur ing the study. Our re sults are con firmed by world lit era ture re ports, that the number of teeth pres ent in the oral cav ity in post meno pausal women cor re lates with bone den si tome try meas ure ments.

Long-term effects of reproductive period on mineralized tissues (bones and teeth) in peri- and postmenopausal women

“…The differences between the results of their analyzes could result from a different methodology -in the calculation of the DMFT index, panoramic X-ray photographs were used and not just clinical assessment of teeth during the examination of the patient. Loss of alveolar bone, loss of epithelial attachment and loosening of teeth which are the causes of teeth loss are other problem for people with osteoporosis [4,26,[28][29][30]. Drozdowska et al [28] in a survey of 67 postmenopausal women observed a significant relationship between the BMD of the proximal femur measured by DEXA method and the number of teeth present in the mouth of the respondents.…”