title: Mandibular atrophy and metabolic bone loss.
abstract: Radiological studies were performed on edentulous patients with and without atrophy of the mandible. Radiological, histomorphometrical and endocrinological studies were performed in edentulous patients with a severe atrophy of the mandible treated by ridge augmentation. The results of these studies showed 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.affiliation: Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Pathology, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bras
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000473:pathology*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology*; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged