title: Response to Letter to the Editor: Re: Differences in the risk of osteoporotic femur fractures among Japanese and white women as predicted by carotid artery calcification visualized on panoramic images.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Assistant, Matsumoto Dental University Hospital, Shiojiri, Japan.
authors.forename: Yae
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, Matsumoto Dental University, Shiojiri, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, Matsumoto Dental University, Shiojiri, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugino
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, Matsumoto Dental University, Shiojiri, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuroiwa
authors.affiliation: Director, Center of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Implant, Shinshu, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.affiliation: Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Matsumoto Dental University, Shiojiri, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Udagawa
authors.affiliation: Midorigaoka Dental Clinic, Toyoda, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Regeneration and Medicine, Research Center for Radiation Genome Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.affiliation: Professor and Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, Matsumoto Dental University, Shiojiri, Japan. Electronic address: akiro@po.mdu.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taguchi
mesh_terms: D002113:Calcification, Physiologic; D002114:Calcinosis; D002339:Carotid Arteries; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic