title: [Metacarpal index in periodontal disease].
abstract: The hypothesis that there is a relationship between total bone mass reduction and alveolar bone loss in periodontal disease was studied in a group of 98 hospitalized patients free of metabolic disease. All patients had periodontitis with marked evidence of alveolar bone loss. A significant correlation of alveolar bone resorption to the total bone mass reduction in patients with periodontal disease was found.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tesseromatis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Myrkou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dalles
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Speggos
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Metacarpal-Index bei Parodontalerkrankung.