Comparison of mandibular cortical bone among obese, overweight, and normal weight adolescents using panoramic mandibular index and mental index.
Yasin YasaSüleyman Kutalmış BuyukEsra GencPublished in: Clinical oral investigations (2019)
Dense cortical bone may cause some difficulties in orthodontic and surgical treatment. Clinicians should understand obesity and overweight-related jaw bone changes and consider these factors to treat their patients.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- weight gain
- physical activity
- bone mineral density
- bariatric surgery
- end stage renal disease
- metabolic syndrome
- soft tissue
- type diabetes
- bone loss
- bone regeneration
- newly diagnosed
- body mass index
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- young adults
- prognostic factors
- postmenopausal women
- adipose tissue
- mental health
- palliative care
- obese patients
- peritoneal dialysis