Relationship between the morphologic features of alveolar trabecular bone and systemic osteoporosis / 대한구강악안면방사선학회지
Korean Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
; : 141-146, 2005.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-215158
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the preliminary use of morphologic operation (MO) in analyzing trabecular pattern of alveolar bone for the predicting systemic osteoporosis. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Study subjects consisted of 35 females (average age 48.5 years) and 25 males (average age 25.8 years). Bone mineral density BMD (grams/cm2) of lumbar spine and proximal femur of these subjects were measured by a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Regions of interest (ROIs) were selected from the digitized periapical radiographs of subjects' posterior jaw. A custom computer program processed morphology operations of ROIs. We compared mean values of 11 MO variables according to the osteoporotic group divided by the T-scores of DEXA. We also studied correlation between radiographic density and these MO variables.RESULTS:
The mean radiographic densities insignificantly correlated with MO variables. There were statistically significant differences among the values of 9 MO variables according to the osteoporotic group.CONCLUSION:
Morphologic operation can be effective in analyzing trabecular pattern of alveolar bone for the predicting osteoporosis.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Osteoporosis
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Spine
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Radiography
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Absorptiometry, Photon
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Bone Density
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Femur
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Jaw
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article