[Assessment of selected parameters measured on panoramic radiographs in postmenopausal women]

Osteoporosis and pathological bone fractures which are its consequences are a serious health problem of today's world. The aim of this study was to check if the picture of panoramic radiographs may contribute to early risk determination of this disease. The examination was carried out in women at the age 51-69. The group consisted of female patients, in whom, due to the lasting process of osteoporosis, the distal ephiphysis of radial bone was pathologically broken. The control group consisted of women who were volunteers and agreed to be examined. Density of bone tissue within the calcaneal bones was evaluated. In these female patients the panoramic radiographs were taken. The compacted substance of the base of mandible was assessed on both sides of the radigraph, distally from the mental foramen. Depending on the morphology of the compacted substance, the values of the MIC index were assigned to them. The value of PMI index was calculated. The results of the study were analysed statistically. Significant differences were indicated between parameters, which are derivatives of bone density and also statistically significant differences concerning the value of MIC index in both groups.