Bras J, van Ooij C P, Duns J Y, Wansink H M, Driessen R M, van den Akker H P
Int J Oral Surg. 1983 Oct;12(5):309-13. doi: 10.1016/s0300-9785(83)80018-0.
An analysis of 69 edentulous patients with severe atrophy of the mandible and submitted to ridge augmentation, together with 57 normal edentulous patients, revealed in about half of the patients with a severe atrophy radiological evidence of metabolic bone loss. In the group of normal edentulous patients, this was only found in post-menopausal women.