Osteoporosis and Oral Infection : Independent Risk Factors for Oral Bone Loss

Studies have suggested that oral bone loss is independently influenced by local and systemic factors, including osteoporosis. This cross-sectional study of 1256 post-menopausal women, recruited from the Buffalo center of the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study, evaluated the influence of o...

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Published in:Journal of dental research Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 323 - 327
Main Authors: Brennan-Calanan, R M, Genco, R J, Wilding, G E, Hovey, K M, Trevisan, M, Wactawski-Wende, J
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States SAGE Publications 01.04.2008
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Absorptiometry, Photon
Age Factors
Aged
alveolar bone loss
Alveolar Bone Loss - etiology
Alveolar Process - diagnostic imaging
Bacteroides - classification
Bacteroides Infections - complications
bone density
Bone Density - physiology
Bone Diseases, Metabolic - complications
Cross-Sectional Studies
dental plaque
Dental Plaque - microbiology
Female
Femur Neck - physiopathology
Humans
osteoporosis
Osteoporosis - complications
periodontal diseases
post-menopausal
Postmenopause
Radius - physiopathology
Risk Factors
dental plaque
alveolar bone loss
periodontal diseases
osteoporosis
post-menopausal
bone density
ISSN:0022-0345, 1544-0591
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Summary:Studies have suggested that oral bone loss is independently influenced by local and systemic factors, including osteoporosis. This cross-sectional study of 1256 post-menopausal women, recruited from the Buffalo center of the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study, evaluated the influence of oral infection and age on the associations between osteoporosis and oral bone loss. Systemic bone density was measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Alveolar crestal height was measured from standardized dental radiographs. Oral infection was assessed from subgingival plaque samples. Total forearm density [β (SE) = −0.931 (0.447), p = 0.038] and presence of Tannerella forsythensis [β (SE) = 0.125 (0.051), p = 0.015] were independently associated with mean alveolar height among women aged < 70 years after confounder adjustment. Women aged 70+ years had worse oral bone loss, in general, but neither bone density nor oral infection was significantly associated with mean alveolar height in this age group. Systemic bone density and oral infection independently influenced oral bone loss in post-menopausal women aged < 70 years.
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ISSN:0022-0345
1544-0591
DOI:10.1177/154405910808700403