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Low BMD linked to periodontitis in perimenopausal women

from Contemporary OB/GYN

Low BMD linked to periodontitis in perimenopausal women Contemporary OB/GYN A prospective study of generally healthy perimenopausal women has concluded that low bone mineral density (BMD) is significantly linked with periodontal disease in women over 58 years old, and independent of tobacco consumption or oral hygiene. The study in the Journal of Periodontology recruited 173 women aged 45 to 72 (mean age 57.8 years) with good oral hygiene and a mean of 23 functional teeth from the Departments of Rheumatology and Endocrinology at Jaen General Hospital in southern Spain between 2016 and 2018. READ MORE

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