Assessment of the Bone Mineral Content in the Mandible by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry to Evaluate Short-Term Change

With the objective of being able to assess response to disease or clinical treatment, the densitometry community has long sought the ability to assess short-term change in bone density. The mandible, known to have a high bone turnover, an increased vascularity, and a greater susceptibility to osteoclastic and osteoblastic activities, has long been suggested but has fallen short as a site from which to monitor an early change in the response to a treatment or a disease. The current study developed a method to assess bone density in the superimposed left and right mandibles.

Source: Journal of Clinical Densitometry - August 3, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Yun Sun, Min Min An, Jingmei Wang, Fan Yang, Liying He, Chad A. Dudzek, Congjin Liu, Patrick C. Cunniff, Xingdang Liu, Tom V. Sanchez Tags: Original Article Source Type: research