Annals and Essences of Dentistry
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Abstract

OSTEOPOROSIS AND PERIODONTAL BONELOSS

Lakhsman Rao B, Murali Mohan T, Vikas Punia, Sandhya Punia

Periodontal diseases are characterized by alveolar bone loss resulting in mobility and tooth loss, several conditions like Periodontitis and other periodontal inflammatory conditions are implicated in alveolar bone loss leading to mobility and tooth loss, recently systemic condition like diabetes is also found to play an important role in causation of this kind of bone loss, in this perspective it has become necessary to evaluate whether diseases like osteoporosis which is effecting a very large percent of population world over is having any role in aggravating the periodontal bone loss in already affected patients, although some authors believe that osteoporosis acts as a cofactor in periodontal bone loss, to date there has been no clear cut evidence/study which directly correlates osteoporosis as an aggravating systemic condition in periodontal bone loss.

Published Date: 2010-12-31;