J Bone Metab.  2018 Aug;25(3):165-173. 10.11005/jbm.2018.25.3.165.

Dental Panoramic Radiographic Indices as a Predictor of Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Saudi Women

• Balto KA
• Gomaa MM
• Feteih RM
• AlAmoudi N
• Elsamanoudy AZ
• Hassanien
• Ardawi MS

• KMID: 2419844
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11005/jbm.2018.25.3.165

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Many oral presentations of osteoporosis-a bone metabolic disease-were recorded. Thus, we aimed to assess panoramic radiomorphometric indices with bone mineral density (BMD) values among Saudi postmenopausal women and its importance in the prediction of osteoporosis.
METHODS
A total of 431 Saudi women were enrolled in this study. Panoramic radiographs were obtained at the time of BMD measurement. Subjects were fatherly classified into; normal BMD, osteopenia, and osteoporosis groups. Serum follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol (E2), 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25[OH]D) and intact-parathyroid hormone were measured. Moreover, serum creatinine, calcium, and phosphate, together with serum osteocalcin (s-OC), procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (s-PINP) and cross-linked C-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (s-CTX) were measured. Receiver-operator curve (ROC) curve analysis for use of mandibular cortical width (MCW), panoramic mandibular index (PMI), and maxillary-mandibular ratio (M/M ratio) to differentiate women with osteoporosis or osteopenia from normal subjects was calculated. Cut off values of 4.6 at T score <−1 and 4.1 at T score ≤−2.5 were used.
RESULTS
Body mass index is significantly low in the osteoporotic group. There is no significant difference in serum levels of LH, E2, calcium, phosphate, and 25(OH)D between the studied groups. Moreover, s-OC, C-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I, s-PINP, s-CTX, and urinary-CTX are significantly higher in osteoporosis than normal and osteopenia groups. ROC curve analysis revealed that MCW and PMI showed significant data while M/M ratio is non-significant.
CONCLUSIONS
It could be concluded that MCW as an important panoramic radiographic parameter can be used for prediction and diagnosis of osteoporosis in postmenopausal Saudi women with low BMD.

Keyword

Bone density; Osteoporosis; Postmenopause; Radiography, panoramic; Saudi Arabia

MeSH Terms

Body Mass Index
Bone Density
Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Calcium
Collagen Type I
Creatinine
Diagnosis
Estradiol
Female
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
Humans
Luteinizing Hormone
Osteocalcin
Osteoporosis*
Postmenopause
Radiography, Panoramic
ROC Curve
Saudi Arabia
Calcium
Collagen Type I
Creatinine
Estradiol
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
Luteinizing Hormone
Osteocalcin

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