From the panoramic radiograph of the mouth of patients, researchers at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão they are finding signs of osteoporosis, a disease caused by loss of bone mass, as a worldwide epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The loss of bone mass affects the world one in three women and one in five men, according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation. The dentists will not treat the disease, but knowing recognize, can guide the patients, as has happened with diabetes, hypertension and a host of other problems that are caught in dental examinations.
Animal testing done by researchers at forp so far have shown that coffee in excessive doses (more than six cups a day) can increase the chances of osteoporosis in young women and overweight (groups that would be less vulnerable to the problem). According to the researchers, the first two stages of the research laboratory, the animals who took the drink had an increase of up to 20% in the elimination of calcium daily.
To find out if caffeine is the substance responsible for the loss - which would put other foods such as soft drinks in the list of danger - the researchers are now in guinea pigs by injecting the pure substance, in doses proportionate to those found in coffee.
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