[Status of tissue mineralization and the periodontium in women with impaired ovarian function]

Examinations of 87 women with various disorders of ovarian function (amenorrhea, ovariectomy, climacteric period) and 26 healthy women with normal ovarian function have revealed reduced mineral content of the osseous tissue and a lowered ultrasound velocity propagation in the mandible and ulnar bones in women with hypoestrogenemia. Periodontal disorders grew in severity in the patients with ovarian dysfunction, being the least severe in those with secondary amenorrhea, augmenting in those with a history of ovariectomy, and the most severe in those in the climacteric period. These findings evidence a correlation between ovarian dysfunction, mineral content of the forearm bone tissue, and severity of the pathologic shifts in periodontal tissue.