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

• 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.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Other Medical and Health Sciences (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Odontologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Dentistry (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Absorptiometry

Photon

Aged

Bicuspid

radiography

Bone Density

physiology

Case-Control Studies

Female

Femur

radiography

Humans

Lumbar Vertebrae

radiography

Mandible

radiography

Maxilla

radiography

Middle Aged

Osteoporosis

diagnosis

Radiography

Bitewing

Reproducibility of Results

Risk Factors

Sensitivity and Specificity

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)