Validation of cone-beam computed tomography as a predictor of osteoporosis using the Klemetti classification

Abstract This study aimed at evaluating the validity of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) for assessing mandibular bone quality using the Klemetti classification. The morphology of the endosteal mandibular cortex of 30 (60 hemi-mandibles) postmenopausal women between the ages of 45 and 80 years w...

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Main Authors: Maria Beatriz Carrazzone Cal ALONSO, Taruska Ventorini VASCONCELOS, Luciana Jácome LOPES, Plauto Christopher Aranha WATANABE, Deborah Queiroz FREITAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2016-01-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242016000100263&lng=en&tlng=en