title: Osteoporosis and the jaws: questions remain to be answered.
abstract: Osteoporosis is a major health issue in later life, which translates the age-associated increased risk of falls into a hip, shoulder or wrist fracture. The same pathology may result in vertebral crush fracture after minor loading of the axial skeleton. The health burden is enormous. Over a five year period, 10% of the female population of the United Kingdom, over 70 years of age, will suffer a fractured femoral neck, from which up to 20% may die and only a third of the survivors will be fully mobile at six months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care of the Elderly, the Bancroft Unit, Mile End Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lockington
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology