Concordancia inter e intra-observador del índice cortical mandibular en radiografías panorámicas odontológicas en la universidad Santo Tomás, 2014
Fecha
2014Registro en:
Rivera Rivero, D. C. González Ruiz, D. V. Cáceres Bohórquez, Z. X. (2014). Concordancia inter e intra-observador del índice cortical mandibular en radiografías panorámicas odontológicas en la universidad Santo Tomás, 2014. [Trabajo de pregrado]. Universidad Santo Tomás, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
reponame:Repositorio Institucional Universidad Santo Tomás
instname:Universidad Santo Tomás
Autor
Rivera Rivero, Diana Carolina
González Ruiz, Diana Vanessa
Cáceres Bohórquez, Zayda Ximena
Institución
Resumen
The ICM Mandibular Cortical Index is calculated on panoramic dental radiography and has been proposed to identify low Mineral Bone Density (BMD) in the mandibular bone, with the purpose of detecting patients with osteopenia or osteoporosis early (1).
Osteoporosis was defined in 1991 according to the WHO as "a systemic skeletal disease, characterized by low bone mass and deterioration in the bone architecture micro architecture, which causes increased bone fragility with the consequent increase in the risk of fracture." This definition implies a qualitative concept of bone architecture alteration and a quantitative one related to bone density (2).