A new cone-beam computed tomography-driven index for osteoporosis prediction.
Julia Gonçalves Koehne de CastroBruno Fontenele CarvalhoNilce Santos de MeloPaulo Tadeu de Souza FigueiredoCarla Ruffeil Moreira-MesquitaKarla de Faria VasconcelosReinhilde JacobsAndre Ferreira LeitePublished in: Clinical oral investigations (2020)
Whenever a CBCT scan is performed for specific clinical indications, a 3D MOI may be performed to qualitatively and quantitatively assess the condition of the mandibular cortex. This may be surely helpful to assess the osteoporosis status in the ageing population and more specifically in peri- or postmenopausal women.