Evaluation of the Association Between Periodontal Parameters, Osteoporosis and Osteopenia in Post Menopausal Women

Objective: different studies have reported contradictory results about the effect of os-teoporosis on periodontal status. we performed this study to evaluate the periodontal status of menopausal women by methods with enough accuracy and confidence.materials and methods: this study was performed based on the evaluation of bone mineral density using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in 2010. a total of 60 pa-tients who met the inclusion criteria were selected and divided into three groups of os-teoporosis, osteopenia, and normal. then, evaluation of periodontal markers such as pocket depth (dp), attachment loss (al), and tooth loss (tl) was performed by a dental student. a panoramic radiography was performed for those who were suspi-cious of periodontal disease and bone decline. finally, evaluation of the periodontal indexes was compared among the three groups using anova with 95% confidence interval.results: mean bone decline was higher in the osteoporosis group compared to the other two groups, but the difference was not significant (p=0.065). in addition, mean of plaque index (p=0.123), pocket depth (p=0.856), attachment loss (p=0.525), and tooth loss (p=0.884), the number of people with attachment loss ≥ 2millimeter (p=0.866) and the number of people with alveolar bone loss ≥ 2 millimeter (p=0.348) were not significantly different between the three groups.conclusion: in this study, no significant difference was observed between the three groups in terms of plaque index, pocket depth, attachment loss, or tooth loss. howev-er, further studies are required that could control all the possible confounding va-riables.