People with osteopenia, the official name for low bone density, are at much greater risk of fractures than people with healthy bones. Loss of bone mass disproportionately affects aging women ...

Orthopaedic screws stabilise fractures and ensure proper cohesion of bone fragments. Despite their key role, complications can occur when screws loosen or even break. Until now, it has been difficult ...

What is a stress fracture? A stress fracture is a type of bone break or crack in the bone. Stress fractures occur when a small or moderate amount of force is applied to a bone repeatedly and over time ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the world and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. A broken bone (fracture) in a child or adolescent must be ...

Department of Biomaterials, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Division of Maxillofacial ...

Objective: The present study aimed to assess the morphology of symphysis and alveolar bone thickness (ABT) surrounding mandibular incisors in thalassemic patients, as compared to unaffected ...

Objectives: This review aimed at evaluating changes in alveolar bone thickness after completion of orthodontic treatment. Methods: Only prospective clinical studies that reported bone thickness in ...

It is a 230-light-year-long filament that appears to have a fracture. It is also one of the ... in the same region as the broken bone. These stars are extremely dense, and are the small remnants ...

Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Bone fractures are today stabilized with screws and metal plates. More complicated fractures require alternative ...

who underwent a sleeve gastrectomy experienced a fracture. The findings underscore a possible bone benefit with GLP-1 receptor agonists, Noreña said at the annual meeting of the American ...