title: Mandibular atrophy and metabolic bone loss. A radiologic analysis of 126 edentulous patients.
abstract: An analysis of 69 edentulous patients with severe atrophy of the mandible and submitted to ridge augmentation, together with 57 normal edentulous patients, revealed in about half of the patients with a severe atrophy radiological evidence of metabolic bone loss. In the group of normal edentulous patients, this was only found in post-menopausal women.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography