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Postmenopausal women susceptible to bone fractures may also be a higher risk for gum disease, according to researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and Case/Cleveland Clinic Postmenopausal Health Collaboration (CCCPOHC).
Researchers found a link between postmenopausal women with high scores on a Fracture Assessment Risk Tool (known as FRAX), and symptoms of severe gum disease, said Leena Palomo, DDS, MSD, associate professor of periodontics and director of DMD Periodontics program at the university's dental school.
"More investigations are needed," she said, "but the FRAX Tool score can potentially be used as a way to find women at risk for gum disease."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150217131302.htm
Researchers found a link between postmenopausal women with high scores on a Fracture Assessment Risk Tool (known as FRAX), and symptoms of severe gum disease, said Leena Palomo, DDS, MSD, associate professor of periodontics and director of DMD Periodontics program at the university's dental school.
"More investigations are needed," she said, "but the FRAX Tool score can potentially be used as a way to find women at risk for gum disease."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150217131302.htm