Relationship between BMD, dental panoramic radiographic findings and biochemical markers of bone turnover in diagnosis of osteoporosis.

Objective: Mandibular indices, measured on panoramic radiographs, may be useful screening implements for low skeletal bone mass density (BMD). Recent studies suggest that radiographic examination of mandible may constitute an effective process for the early diagnosis of osteoporosis. Biochemical markers of bone turnover may be of value for prediction of individual bone loss and they may help in predicting risk of fracture in elderly women.

Mandibular radiomorphometric measurements as indicators of possible osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

Objective: The use of mandibular anatomic indicators on panoramic radiographs, i.e. the number of lost teeth, mandibular cortical width at the mental region (MCW), panoramic mandibular index (PMI), alveolar crest resorption degree (M/M ratio) and morphologic classification of the mandibular inferior cortex (MIC grade) can be useful in the evaluation of bone resorption in different age groups of women to determine the presence of osteoporosis.