[Mandibular and maxillary alveolar atrophy. Comparative analysis by sex, topography and seriousness of problem].

Maxillary and/or mandibular osseous alveolar reabsorption that occurs after teeth loss is a continuous and irreversible process that, in authors opinion, seems to affect more women than men and more the mandible than the maxillary. In our country the epidemiologist profile of the problem is unknown and previous published studies at this respect was not found by this author in domestic literature. In this paper maxillary mandibular Alveolar Atrophy Syndrome characteristics are studied in a group of patients of the Departamento de Cirugía de la Escuela de Odontología de la Universidad del Bajío on the perspective of its prevalence in relation of sex, problem seriousness and its topography.