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Additionally, it investigated the influences of age, gender, drug type, administration route, and treatment duration on mandibular trabecular bone structure. Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study included 73 patients categorized into the following three groups: 23 osteoporosis patients, 25 oncologic patients, and 25 systemically healthy controls. FD analysis was conducted on panoramic radiographs to assess trabecular bone complexity in the following three standardized regions of interest: the mandibular condyle, angle, and molar region. Statistical analyses compared the groups and evaluated the associations between FD values and demographic and clinical parameters. Results: Osteoporosis patients exhibited significantly lower FD values in the molar region than controls (p &lt; 0.05). In oncologic patients, the FD values in the condyle region were significantly higher in those receiving denosumab than in those treated with intravenous zoledronic acid (p &lt; 0.05), and in those who had undergone antiresorptive therapy for \u22656 years than in those treated for 1\u20135 years (p &lt; 0.05). A significant negative correlation was found between age and the FD values of the mandibular angle in osteoporosis patients (p &lt; 0.05); no such association was observed in oncologic patients or controls. Conclusions: Long-term antiresorptive therapy may induce structural alterations in mandibular trabecular bone structure in patients with osteoporosis and oncologic diseases. FD analysis is a non-invasive and objective tool for clinically assessing such drug-induced skeletal changes. 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