title: [Mandibular atrophy and metabolic bone loss].
abstract: Radiological studies in edentulous patients with and without atrophy of the mandible and radiological, histomorphometrical and endocrinological studies in edentulous patients with a severe atrophy of the mandible and treated by ridge augmentation has shown that: metabolic bone loss, histologically and endocrinologically characterized as a secondary hyperfunction of the parathyroid glands, is a causal factor in the pathogenesis of mandibular atrophy.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bras
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Atrofie van de mandibula en metabool beenverlies.