MAY OSTEOPOROSIS AGGRAVATE PERIODONTAL DISEASE? A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

With the population aging, the chronic diseases related to the seniors, as the osteoporosis, increased generating a problem of public health that affects the quality of life of the population directly. The osteoporosis is a systemic disease that causes the mineral unbalance of the bones causing bone fragility and increase in the probability of fractures. Besides the long bones, it can attack the alveolar processes of the jawbone and of the jaw, could worsen the disease periodontal and to take to the dental loss. The objective of this work is to approach, through a revision of the literature, the present knowledge about the possible influence of the osteoporosis in the periodontal disease and in the levels of the alveolar bone mineral density.