fa Relationship of Elongated Styloid Process in Digital Panoramic Radiography with Carotid Intima Thickness and Carotid Atheroma in Doppler Ultrasonography in Osteoporotic Females رادیولوژی دهان، فک و صورت Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology پژوهشي Research <b> Statement of the Problem:</b> Cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis are major health dilemmas. Osteoporotic patients frequently display vascular calcification that consequently increases the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. <div>  <b>Purpose: </b>This study aimed to investigate the relation of osteoporosis, vascular calcification (atheroma, intima-media thickness (IMT)) and elongated styloid process (ESP) in a sample of osteoporotic and normal female individuals.</div><div><b> Materials and Method:</b> This study recruited 78 women who were assessed for bone mass density (BMD). Sample included individuals with normal BMD (n=13, 17 %), osteopenia (n=36, 46 %), and osteoporosis (n=29, 37%). The presence of atheroma and IMT was examined using color Doppler ultrasonography (CD-US). In addition, digital panoramic radiographs (PRs) were obtained to assess ESP. Results: In this study, 55 subjects (70%) with low BMD exhibited at least one side ESP. Femoral BMD decreased significantly in subjects with ESP (p= 0.03). Bilateral ESP was correlated with the presence of atheroma (p= 0.029). The CIMT was greater in patients with ESP, although the relation was not significant.</div><div><b> Conclusion</b>: The obtained data suggest referring the aged individuals with ESP for BMD assessment and individuals with low bone mass and ESP for more cardiovascular risk assessment.</div><hr><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed"><b>Source: </b>Journal of Dentistry Shiraz University of Medical Sciences </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed"><a href="http://dentjods.sums.ac.ir/index.php/JDSUMS/article/view/581" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Full Text</font></a></p> 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-3124&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Shahram Hamedani 100319475328460014432 100319475328460014432 No DDS, MSc in Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Dental Research Development Center, School of Dentistry, Shiraz university of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Mohammad Hossein Dabagh Manesh 100319475328460014433 100319475328460014433 No Shiraz Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz , Iran Zahra Zare 100319475328460014434 100319475328460014434 No Dept. of Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Mahvash Hassani hasanim8@gmail.com 100319475328460014435 100319475328460014435 Yes Dept. of Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Mahshid Torabi Ardakani 100319475328460014436 100319475328460014436 No Mahsa Hasani 100319475328460014437 100319475328460014437 No Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran Shoaleh Shahidi 100319475328460014438 100319475328460014438 No Biomaterial Research Center, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Scienc- es, Shiraz, Iran