Osteoporosis and Gum Disease
If you have low bone density, or osteoporosis, you're at an 86% greater
risk of having gum disease, which is the major cause of tooth loss in
those over 35. That's the new finding in a study of more than 2,500 postmenopausal
women conducted by Dr. Jean Wactawski-Wende, Departments of Obstetrics
and Gynaecology and Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of
New York at Buffalo.
By the same respect, periodontal disease in postmenopausal women may
indicate the presence of osteoporosis. Researchers compared bone-mineral
density and two measures of oral health in the women who participated
in the survey. The results indicate a very strong relationship between
bone loss, gum-attachment loss and tooth loss.
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