title: Assessment of bone mineral density in the jaws and its relationship to radiomorphometric indices.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate maxillary, mandibular and femoral neck bone mineral density using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and to determine any correlation between the bone mineral density of the jaws and panoramic radiomorphometric indices.
  
  
  METHODS
  49 edentulous patients (18 males and 31 females) aged between 41 and 78 years (mean age 60.2 +/- 11.04) were examined by panoramic radiography. Bone mineral density (BMD) of the jaws and femoral neck was measured with a DXA; bone mineral density was calculated at the anterior, premolar and molar regions of the maxilla and mandible.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean maxillary molar BMD (0.45 g cm(-2)) was significantly greater than the maxillary anterior and premolar BMD (0.31 g cm(-2), P < 0.05). Furthermore, the mean mandibular anterior and premolar BMD (1.39 g cm(-2) and 1.28 g cm(-2), respectively) was significantly greater than the mean mandibular molar BMD (1.09 g cm(-2), P < 0.01). Although BMD in the maxillary anterior and premolar regions were correlated, BMD in all the mandibular regions were highly correlated. Maxillary and mandibular BMD were not correlated with femoral BMD. In addition, mandibular cortical index (MCI) classification, mental index (MI) or panoramic mandibular index (PMI) values were not significantly correlated with the maxillary and mandibular BMDs (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The BMD in this study was highest in the mandibular anterior region and lowest in the maxillary anterior and premolar regions. The BMD of the jaws was not correlated with either femoral BMD or panoramic radiomorphometric indices.
authors.affiliation: Başkent University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, 11. sok no. 26 06490 Bahçelievler, Ankara, Turkey. agulsahi@baskent.edu.tr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gulsahi
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Paksoy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozden
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Kucuk
authors.forename: A R I
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cebeci
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Genc
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001641:Bicuspid; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology*; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008963:Molar; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000502:physiology; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic