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Osteoporosis is invisible, and often undiagnosed.
Osteoporosis is a condition where bones become weaker and break easily, even after a minor bump or fall. Anyone can develop osteoporosis, but women are more at risk than men, particularly due to hormonal changes that occur around the menopause (perimenopause).
Most people don’t realise they have osteoporosis until they experience a bone fracture. AI analysis of dental x-rays now gives us the ability to identify those at high risk of osteoporosis related fractures before they happen. Early detection offers an opportunity to take simple, positive steps to help improve bone health factors to avoid and prevent debilitating fractures that would affect mobility, health and quality of life.
Dentists and Bone Health.
Bone health is important to dentists. Osteoporosis weakens the jaw and impacts a dentist’s ability to perform certain dental procedures. OsteoDent is provided as a straight-forward convenient add-on service for routine x-rays, which means that there’s no extra effort!
Dentists are passionate about helping patients get ahead of their bone health and bringing their professional experience to make a difference to ageing healthily when it matters most.
OsteoDent runs as a simple app on the Dentist’s computer. The Dentist selects a patient (top right) and the AI analyses their latest x-ray to measure thickness and other features of the bone. It reports a risk score for allowing the Dentist to determine if further tests are required and facilitating discussions on bone health between the Dentist and Patient.