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ESTROGEN LEVEL, OSTEOPENIA/OSTEOPOROSIS AND PERIODONTAL STATUS IN POST MENOPAUSAL WOMEN – A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION
Osteopenia, Osteoporosis and periodontitis are diseases, which affect a large number of populations across the country and world. Both are silent diseases” which cause bone loss mediated by local and systemic factors. These two diseases also share some risk factors that may interfere with healing.. Estrogen deficiency is the dominant pathogenic factor for osteoporosis in women .Various reports also have linked estrogen deficiency and osteopenia/osteoporosis to increased oral bone resorption , attachment loss and tooth loss .The objective of the study is to analyse and evaluate the condition of periodontal status of twenty five osteopenic/osteoporotic postmenopausal women and their estrogen level with twenty five non osteopenic/non osteoporotic postmenopausal women and their estrogen level.