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ArticleTherapeutics and clinical risk management2015

Mandibular bone mineral density in patients with Behçet's disease.

Fatih Asutay, Yusuf Atalay, Ahmet Hüseyin Acar, Hilal Asutay, Selma Eroğlu, Muammer Çağrı Burdurlu

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Fatih AsutayDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Yusuf AtalayDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Ahmet Hüseyin AcarDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Hilal AsutayDepartment of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Selma EroğluDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Muammer Çağrı BurdurluDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.

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objectivesBehçet's disease (BD) is a chronic, recurring vasculitis of unknown etiology. Patients with BD may use a lot of medications associated with the clinical symptoms. Drugs that are used in the treatment of BD may cause bone loss. The aims of the current study were to compare the bone mineral density (BMD) values between BD and healthy volunteers and describe the effect of disease duration on mandibular BMD. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe study comprised 30 healthy volunteers (15 males and 15 females, mean age 35.50±6.80 years) and 45 patients with BD (24 males and 21 females, mean age 38.93±8.93 years). The BD group was subdivided according to disease duration (0-5, 6-10, and >10 years). The BMD value of the mandibular body was determined by the dual energy X-ray absorptiometry technique.

resultsThe mean mandibular body BMD values were 1.294±0.21 g/cm(2) in the control group and 1.216±0.22 g/cm(2) in the BD patients, although there was no statistically significant difference. The BMD was observed to decrease with increased disease duration but not to a statistically significant degree.

conclusionThe results of this study showed that although the BMD value decreased as the duration of the disease increased, no statistically significant difference was found between the BD patients and the healthy control group.

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Behçet’s diseasebone mineral densitydual energy X-ray absorptiometrymandible

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