Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 138-146 , April 2007

The Mandibular Cortex on Radiographs as a Tool for Osteoporosis Risk Assessment: The OSTEODENT Project

  • Keith Horner

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Keith Horner, School of Dentistry, University Dental Hospital, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH, United Kingdom.
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  • Kety Karayianni

      Affiliations

    • Dental School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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  • Anastasia Mitsea

      Affiliations

    • Dental School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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  • Leonidas Berkas

      Affiliations

    • Dental School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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  • Michael Mastoris

      Affiliations

    • Dental School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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  • Reinhilde Jacobs

      Affiliations

    • Oral Imaging Centre, School of Dentistry, Oral Pathology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Christina Lindh

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Odontology, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden
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  • Paul van der Stelt

      Affiliations

    • Academic Centre for Dentistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Elizabeth Marjanovic

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • Judith Adams

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • Susan Pavitt

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • Hugh Devlin

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Received 18 January 2007 ,Revised 19 February 2007 ,Accepted 19 February 2007.

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PII: S1094-6950(07)00036-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.02.004

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 138-146 , April 2007

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