A Prospective Study Comparing the Use of Radiometric Measurements in CBCT and DEXA Scans of the Spine to Measure Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women.

Sriram Chandra Mallick, S Bhuvaneshwari, N C Sangamesh, Silpiranjan Mishra, Atul Anand Bajoria, Dhirendra Kumar Singh

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Cone Beam Computed Tomography of Bonejaws in Patients With Primary Osteoporosis: A Systematic Review.Current osteoporosis reports · 2026
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Sriram Chandra MallickDepartment of Oral Medicine Diagnosis and Radiology, Kalinga Institute of Dental sciences, KIIT deemed to be university, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

S BhuvaneshwariDepartment of Oral Medicine Diagnosis and Radiology, Kalinga Institute of Dental sciences, KIIT deemed to be university, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

N C SangameshDepartment of Oral Medicine Diagnosis and Radiology, Kalinga Institute of Dental sciences, KIIT deemed to be university, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Silpiranjan MishraDepartment of Oral Medicine Diagnosis and Radiology, Kalinga Institute of Dental sciences, KIIT deemed to be university, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Atul Anand BajoriaDepartment of Oral Medicine Diagnosis and Radiology, Kalinga Institute of Dental sciences, KIIT deemed to be university, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Dhirendra Kumar SinghDepartment of Periodontology Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

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Abstract

Introduction: This study evaluated BMD using radiomorphometric indices from conebeam computed tomography (CBCT) scans of the mandible, comparing them with dualenergy Xray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans of the spine. Results: The study emphasizes the robustness of DEXAderived T scores for assessing bone health and guiding treatment in postmenopausal women.

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Bone mineral densityCBCTdexa scan

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PMID40061635

DOI10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_638_24

PMCPMC11888743

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