Journal:
:journal of dental school, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences
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m hajipour
y safi dept. of oral & maxillofacial radioligy, dental school, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
m kadkhodazadeh dept. of periodontics, dental school, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
m mirakhori students research committee, dental school, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
r amid dept. of periodontics, dental school, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
a dehghan dept. of romatology, medical school, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran.
objective: osteoporosis is the most common metabolic disease of the bone decreasing bone mineral density (bmd) particularly in postmenopausal women. on the other hand, panoramic radiography has several applications in dentistry. it appears that by calculating some indices on panoramic radiographs, we may be able to predict the risk of osteoporosis in high-risk individuals. the present study was...