Correlation between mandibular trabeculae bone density on panoramic radiograph and body mass index of men aged 5-35 years old

Binar Barlian (Department of Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia)
Azhari Azhari (Department of Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia)
Farina Pramanik (Department of Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia)

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science
Vol. 3 No. 3 (2018): (Available online: 1 December 2018)

Objective: Finding the correlation between mandibular trabeculae bone density on panoramic radiograph and body mass index of men aged 5-35 years old.Material and Methods: The population of this study was male patients aged 5-35 years old who performed panoramic radiography at Radiology Installation of Faculty of Dentistry at RSGM UNPAD with a total of 62 samples. ImageJ software was used to calculate the bone density and BMI values were calculated using the BMI formula. Results: The score of body mass index increased with age meanwhile the score of mandibular trabeculae bone density decreased.Conclusion: The r-value of this study was -0.341. There was no correlation between mandibular trabeculae bone density on panoramic radiographs and body mass index of men aged 5-35 years old.