title: The mandibular bone mineral content in relation to vestibulolingual sulcoplasty. A 2-year follow-up.
abstract: The bone mineral content (BMC) in mandibles can now be measured in vivo with high precision by a specially constructed dual-photon scanner. This study analyzed, over a 2-year period, the BMC loss of endentulous mandibles in a group of young and older women after vestibulolingual sulcoplasty with free skin grafts, and its relationship to the initial mandibular BMC and the age-related mandibular BMC loss. BMC in the denture-wearing site and the standard site of the mandible was measured by this method. A significant negative relationship was found between the initial BMC values in the standard site and the BMC loss (in percent) in the denture-wearing site in both age groups, and a significant positive relationship between the BMC loss (in percent) in the two sites of the mandible in the elder group. The rate of residual ridge reduction may be predicted from the initial mandibular BMC value and seems to be dependent on the age-related mandibular BMC loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal Dental College, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: von Wowern
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hjørting-Hansen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D001284:Atrophy; D015519:Bone Density; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002508:Cephalometry; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008334:Mandible / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis*; D014727:Vestibuloplasty
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals