Academy of General Dentistry (3/17) reports on a study that “compared orofacial radiographs of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) with those of a group of healthy controls.” Generally, those with SCD were more likely to show “generalized osteopenia, enlarged medullary spaces, thinning of the inferior mandibular border, and radiopaque lesions.” Read more…
Dr Bicuspid (3/18, Barros) reports on a study finding that “severe caries may be associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis,” and “caries may increase the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis with pathological fractures.” The findings were published in BMC Oral Health. Links: https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12903-025-05735-7 https://www.drbicuspid.com/dental-hygiene/oral-systemic-link/article/15739626/caries-may-be-linked-to-osteoporosis
The Hill, said the American Cancer Society (ACS) “released its ‘Cancer Statistics, 2024 Share to FacebookShare to Twitter’ report last week in which it projected 2,001,140 new cancer cases would occur in the U.S. in 2024 along with 611,720 cancer deaths.” ACS “noted that detection bias certainly could play a Read more…