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Low Metacarpal Bone Density, Tooth Loss, and Periodontal Disease in Japanese WomenDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan, kojikun{at}dpc.aichi-gakuin.ac.jp, Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Robinson Building, 307, Boston, MA 02118-2526
Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Robinson Building, 307, Boston, MA 02118-2526
Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Robinson Building, 307, Boston, MA 02118-2526
The relationship between periodontitis and systemic bone mineral density in Japanese women is undetermined. We tested the hypothesis that periodontitis was more frequent in women with low metacarpal bone mineral density (m-BMD). Subjects were 190 Japanese women (89 premenopausal, 101 post-menopausal). Periodontal status was evaluated according to the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Need (CPITN). M-BMD was measured by computed x-ray densitometry. The proportion of subjects with periodontitis (CPITN
Key Words: menopause • tooth loss • CPITN • metacarpal bone mineral density • Japanese.
Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 80, No. 9,
1818-1822 (2001) This article has been cited by other articles:
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3) increased as m-BMD decreased in pre-menopausal (18.2%, 36.9%, and 66.6% in the normal, borderline, and very low m-BMD groups, p < 0.02) and post-menopausal women (41.5%, 54.8%, 60%, and 68.4% in the normal, borderline, low, and very low m-BMD groups, p < 0.05). Among post-menopausal women, those with very low m-BMD had fewer teeth present than women with normal m-BMD (19.9 ± 7.2 vs. 25.1 ± 4.1, p < 0.01). These results indicate that m-BMD loss is associated with periodontitis in Japanese women, and with tooth loss after menopause. 
