The relationship of growth hormone to alveolar ridge atrophy in an older male nursing home population. Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry [Spec Care Dentist] Journal article | | Title | The relationship of growth hormone to alveolar ridge atrophy in an older male nursing home population. | | Author(s) | Goldberg AF, Mattson DE, Rudman D | | Source | Spec Care Dentist 1988 Jul-Aug; 8(4):184-6. | | MeSH | Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alveolar Process
Bone Resorption
Humans
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing Homes
Somatomedins
| | Abstract | Alveolar bone development has been shown by other investigators to be sensitive to growth hormone concentration in both humans and rodents. Many elderly people are deficient in growth hormone. The cyclic variation in plasma growth hormone concentration that complicates growth hormone measurement is not seen in the plasma somatomedin C (SmC) concentration. Furthermore, SmC is a dependable indicator of growth hormone secretion. It has been established that an SmC level of 0.24 or less is associated with decreased muscle mass and kidney size. We have investigated the relationship of the alveolar bone/supporting (basal) bone (A/B) ratio to the SmC in an elderly male population. These data suggest that growth hormone secretion is not the sole determinant of alveolar bone retention. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 3272053 |
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