Your Health in Your Hands
Osentia: A fracture risk assessment for bone health, fragility fracture, and osteoporosis
Osentia is the first home (or in-clinic) test kit to indicate bone fragility/fracture risk by the analysis of a nail clipping (fingers or toes) using leading - edge laser technology to examine the nail's protein structure.
- Bone health begins to decline at the age of 30.
- Bones become more brittle, less resilient and more likely to break over time.
- Half of women and one third of men will experience a low-impact bone fracture over 50, amounting to over 300,000 hospital admissions a year, with almost a quarter fracturing again within 12 months.
- Osteoporosis is hereditary and accelerates at the menopause or after exposure to certain medications.
- Early intervention reduces risk.
- Early detection can be done simply, accurately and quickly from home or clinic.
- Personalised results delivered within one week in easy-to-understand format.
- Information is power - enabling the user to make appropriate lifestyle and nutrition choices.
How it works
Osentia requires a fingernail or toenail clipping to be sent for laboratory analysis.
Complete a test order form which includes questions about your health, well-being and lifestyle.
The test will accurately provide your personal risk of a fragility fracture. Results will be returned to you via email or post within seven days.
The test is based on measuring the proteins in the nail as a marker of the integrity of structural proteins in the body.
Step 1
Insert a clean and dry fingernail or toenail clipping into the resealable bag.
Step 2
Place the coded label (found on the top right-hand corner of the test order form) on the resealable bag.
Step 3
Seal the bag, place it inside the pre-paid return envelope and post it back to our laboratory.
