this study was aimed to investigate the use of panoramic radiography in patients with low bone mineral density (bmd) in order to diagnose and prevent osteoporotic fractures. panoramic radiographs of 60 patients  (20 men and 40 women) aged from 40 to 70 years with cortical thicknesses of less than 3 mm in the mandibular angle were selected from patients referred to a dentomaxillofacial radiology...

background: osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease in postmenopausal women. it seems necessary to determine the factors affecting the adoption of preventive behaviors of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women using the patterns that identify the factors influencing behavior. objectives: to investigate preventive behaviors of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women in fasa, fars provi...

objectives: this study was designed to assess nutritional and biochemical factor of magnesium in postmenopausal osteoporotic women. methods & materials: the population of this analytical cross- sectional study, was 60 postmenopausal osteoporotic women ,referred to rheumateology clinic of tabriz. nutritional intake was determined by 3 day food recall and food frequency questionnaire، individual ...

the field of endocrine pharmacology is very wide but most of studies in the recent years from the world and iran have focused on diabetes, osteoporosis, and lipid disorders. in the present review, we tried to evaluate the improvements and publications in that field briefly. interestingly, many of studies have focused on agents that have traditional and natural origin. although few basic studies...

Male osteoporosis continues to be under-recognized and undertreated in men. An understanding of which factors cue clinicians about osteoporosis risk in men, and which do not, is needed to identify areas for improvement. This study sought to measure the association of a provider's recognition of osteoporosis with patient information constructs that are available at the time of each encounter. Us...

Background: Osteoporosis in children has various underlying causes related to hereditary or secondary to different diseases like: hematological diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, renal diseases, endocrine diseases, druginduced and immobilization. Objective: To investigate the causes of osteoporosis in pediatrics age group presented to pediatric clinic in King Abdulaziz University Hospital. Me...

Background. Studies indicate that there is a low adherence to drug therapy for osteoporosis. Educational programs have been shown to have a positive effect on osteoporosis health beliefs and osteoporosis preventive health behaviors. Little is known about the effect of educational programs on adherence to drug therapy for osteoporosis in people diagnosed with the disease. Aim. An evaluation of o...

Periodontitis and osteoporosis are two diseases found in both male and female population worldwide. The main characteristic of the two diseases is their increased intensity with age. Periodontitis is associated with resorption of the alveolar bone. Osteoporosis, as the highest degree of osteopenia, is characterized by bone loss leading to structural bone transformation. The association between ...

Patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) are increasing aware of the consequence osteoporosis. Low bone turnover, impaired osteoblast function, and low blood osteocalcin levels hallmarks osteoporosis in CLD, which mostly affects trabecular bone. Osteoporosis is public health issue metabolic among every age group throughout globe especially Pakistan. The current study was conducted DHQ, KPK, Pa...

osteoporosis is a metabolic disease characterized by reduction in bone density and susceptibility to deformity and fracture. some studies show that osteoblasts can create inter-cellular free radicals that lead to cellular death. superoxide dismutase (sod) plays an essential role in cell defense against reactive oxygen metabolites. the purpose of this study was to measure the plasma sod activiti...