Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2012 Jul 1;17(4):e601-4. doi: 10.4317/medoral.17681.
To evaluate the criteria for the prescription of oral bisphosphonates (OB) in a series of women with osteoporosis referred for tooth extraction.
The study included 38 postmenopausal women on treatment with OBs. The following variables were analysed: age, weight, height, type of OB and duration of treatment, bone densitometry and risk factors for osteoporosis. In addition, the osteoporosis self-assessment tool (OST) was administered and collagen type I C-telopeptide (CTX) levels were measured.
Bone densitometry had only been performed in six patients (15.7%) before starting OB treatment. Based on the results of the OST, nine (23.6%) of the participants presented a low risk of osteoporosis. CTX levels were measured in 23 patients: 11 (47.8%) presented values below 150 pg/ml.
Although all patients in the present series were on treatment with OBs, a large percentage did not satisfy the criteria for the initiation of treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis.
评估一系列因拔牙而转诊的骨质疏松女性患者开具口服双膦酸盐(OB)处方的标准。
本研究纳入了 38 名正在接受 OB 治疗的绝经后妇女。分析了以下变量:年龄、体重、身高、OB 类型和治疗持续时间、骨密度和骨质疏松危险因素。此外,还进行了骨质疏松自我评估工具(OST)评估和 I 型胶原 C 端肽(CTX)水平测定。
在开始 OB 治疗之前,仅有 6 名患者(15.7%)进行了骨密度检查。根据 OST 的结果,9 名(23.6%)参与者骨质疏松风险较低。对 23 名患者进行了 CTX 水平测定:11 名(47.8%)患者的 CTX 值低于 150pg/ml。
尽管本研究系列中的所有患者均接受 OB 治疗,但很大一部分患者不符合绝经后骨质疏松症起始治疗的标准。