Patent ID: 7488109
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method to screen for osteoporosis damage to a patient's bones comprising: placing in the mouth of the patient adjacent to a mandibular bone being tested, a dental radiographic absorptiometric device comprising at least one calibration element and at least one beam filter; applying X-ray energy to said dental radiographic absorptiometric device simultaneously through said mandibular bone, said at least one beam filter and said at least one calibration element to generate both a bone absorptive record from said mandibular bone, a calibration element absorptive record from said at least one calibration element and a filtered X-ray output record from said at least one beam filter; and analyzing said bone absorptive record against said calibration element absorptive record and said filtered X-ray output record to determine the extent, if any, of the osteoporosis damage to said mandibular bone.