Systemic Osteoporosis and Reduction of the Edentulous Alveolar Ridge

Systemic osteoporosis can damage skeletal bones to different degrees or remain persistent in intensity. The aim of this study was to determine the intensity and correlation of the osteoporotic changes in the bone density of the skeleton and body mass index (BMI) with a reduction in edentulous mandib...

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Main Authors: Srđan D. Poštić, Nada Vujasinović-Stupar, Zoran Rakočević
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Medical Research and Development Corporation 2013-09-01
Series:International Journal of Biomedicine
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Online Access:http://ijbm.org/articles/Article3_3_Den1.pdf