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The dentist that my reg. dentist referred me to for the extraction, essentially, refused to proceed once he found out I was taking Fosamax. My own dentist, who has been following the research and follow-up opinions of surgeons, is very opposed to a traditional extraction and agrees with the pulpecto...

Visited my orthodontist yesterday to find out the plan to rid me of my wayward tooth. He spoke at length with my dentist and the plan is for my dentist to perform a pulpectomy (partial root canal) on the tooth. He will essentially deaden the tooth and insert a screw into it to which my orthodontist ...

My understanding from what I have read is that chemotherapy seriously depletes calcium and weakens the bones (in addition to seriously compromising immune system,) therefore the bisphosphonates are given intravenously in large doses. When a dentist discovered the connection between the chemo patient...

I add my thanks to BBSAdmin for adding the link to the site alerting folks to this concern. As someone whose treatment is direclty affected by this recent information, the lack of research is a real frustration to both me and my docs. I am hanging in there with my braces for now. I have an appt. wit...

Yes, he did mention IPR (tooth slimming.) When I see him in 4 weeks, we will sit down and review the possibilties.

I did a quick Pubmed of "osteoporosis" and "orthodontics" and got many, many very technical hits. One readable one was : "Orthodontic treatment for a patient after menopause" Angle Orthodontics 1996, 66(3) 173-8, discussion 179-180 Took awhile to get to the article abo...

I am wearing Damon braces. The tooth in question is located outside the tooth line (tech jargon, not) just inside the roof of my mouth. There is hardly any space between the teeth where it should fit in. I have been in braces since 11:45am on Sept. 28th (but who's counting) and I had the wires chang...

Here is a site that seems to have new info for anyone concerned about bone deterioration and implants:

http://www.osteohealth.com/

I would pass this info along to caregivers.

Thank you for your research. I have been agonizing over this since October. I will advise of any news from my docs as to the next step with my own treatment. By the way I am 56 going on 34 ;-)

Hi,

From what I understand, it is only if you take the bisphosphonates that you need be concerned, but best you check and let us know if anything has changed on that. The Fosamax did correct my osteopenea, but who would have thought it would raise these concerns!

All the best.

It is very important that you talk to your dentist, orthodontist and/or primary care physician if you are taking Fosamax (which I do, 70mg 1xwk) or any of the bisphosphonates and need to have a tooth extraction, implant, etc. There is evidence that folks taking these drugs could be at signicant ris...

It is very important that you talk to your dentist, orthodontist and/or primary care physician if you are taking Fosamax (which I do, 70mg 1xwk) or any of the bisphosphonates and need to have a tooth extraction, implant, etc. There is evidence that folks taking these drugs could be at signicant ris...