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Epidemiologist Lauren Lissner, of the Sahlgrenska Academy (Sweden), reached these conclusions after an investigation focused on middle-aged women. “Look at that a bone structure bit dense in the lower in the midlife jaw is directly related to the risk of fractures elsewhere in the body,” he explains.
In a preliminary investigation, Lissner had found that low bone density in the lower jaw is related to previous fractures, but now his study focused on associate this status with the danger of fractures in the future. This new work included 731 women who were between 38 and 60 years of age in 1968. At that time, the experts conducted x-rays of his lower jaw bone density.
In the following 40 years the research team followed up to see what volunteers suffered fractures and that amount detected in each one of them.
Lissner noted that 20% of the volunteers showed a bone density diminished in the lower jaw, and they were just more prone to fractures in different parts of the body. The expert also noted that larger women were stronger was the partnership between the structure of your jaw and the risk of breaking a bone.
Experts clarify that although its research was carried out in women the findings probably apply to men also. “X-rays contain much information about the structure of the bones – say-.” “To analyze these images dentists can identify people who have a high risk of fractures”.
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