The use of visual assessment of dental radiographs for identifying women at risk of having osteoporosis: the OSTEODENT project

Lindh, Christina; Horner, Keith; Jonasson, Grethe; Olsson, Peter; Rohlin, Madeleine; Jacobs, Reinhilde; Karayianni, Kety; van der Stelt, Paul; Adams, Judith; Marjanovic, Elizabeth; Pavitt, Sue; Devlin, Hugh

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.09.008

The use of visual assessment of dental radiographs for identifying women at risk of having osteoporosis: the OSTEODENT project

Author:

Lindh, Christina

Horner, Keith ; Jonasson, Grethe ; Olsson, Peter ; Rohlin, Madeleine ; Jacobs, Reinhilde ; Karayianni, Kety ; van der Stelt, Paul ; Adams, Judith ; Marjanovic, Elizabeth ; Pavitt, Sue ; Devlin, Hugh

Keywords:

bone-mineral density, trabecular pattern, architecture, fractures, precision, spine, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine, BONE-MINERAL DENSITY, TRABECULAR PATTERN, ARCHITECTURE, FRACTURES, PRECISION, SPINE, Absorptiometry, Photon, Aged, Bicuspid, Bone Density, Case-Control Studies, Female, Femur, Humans, Lumbar Vertebrae, Mandible, Maxilla, Middle Aged, Osteoporosis, Radiography, Bitewing, Reproducibility of Results, Risk Factors, Sensitivity and Specificity

Abstract:

Objective. The objective of this study was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of visual assessment of the trabecular pattern in intraoral periapical radiographs to identify female subjects at risk of having osteoporosis.