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The study examined if women with osteoporosis were at increased risk of periodontal disease. Three hundred eighty females aged 45–65 years with recent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans of the spine and proximal femur agreed to a dental examination. No association was established between the presence of severe periodontal disease and osteoporosis.
Introduction
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with osteoporosis have an increased severity and extent of periodontal disease, taking full account of confounding factors.
Methods
Volunteer dentate women (45–65 years), who had undergone recent DXA of the femur and lumbar spine, received a clinical examination of their periodontal tissues by a single trained operator who was blind to the subject's osteoporosis status. Clinical examinations were performed within 6 months of the DXA. Basic Periodontal Examination score, gingival bleeding score, periodontal pocket depth, recession and calculus were the periodontal outcome measures. Potential confounding factors were recorded. Logistic regression was performed for the dichotomous outcome measure of severe periodontal disease (present or absent) with osteoporotic status, adjusting for confounding factors.
Results
There were 380 dentate participants for whom DXA data were available. Of these, 98 had osteoporosis. When compared with osteoporotic subjects, those with normal bone mineral density were significantly younger (p = 0.01), had a higher body mass index (p = 0.03) and had more teeth (p = 0.01). The prevalence of severe periodontal disease in the sample was 39 %. The unadjusted odds ratio for the association between osteoporosis and severe periodontal disease was 1.21 (0.76 to 1.93). The adjusted odds ratio analysis including other covariates (age, smoking, hormone replacement therapy, alcohol) was 0.99 (0.61 to 1.61).
Conclusion
No association was established between the presence of severe periodontal disease and osteoporosis.
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We are grateful to the National Osteoporosis Society, who supported this research through a project grant (120/126 (NOS-2006-19)).
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Marjanovic, E.J., Southern, H.N., Coates, P. et al. Do patients with osteoporosis have an increased prevalence of periodontal disease? A cross-sectional study. Osteoporos Int 24, 1973–1979 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-012-2246-9
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