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Monday, December 1, 2008
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Osteoporosis |
Dental Problems Due to Fosamax09/30/2008 10:32PM |
I have been taken fosmax for over 5 years and my bone density has improved. Now my dentist tells me that fosomax can cause trouble with bone growth in the jaw, causing the bone to turn and shut of blood supply to the tissues. I am having this kind of problem with a lower rear molar. Should I stop taking fosomax? Will this kind of probem occur to the rest of my teeth. I am 77 years old and have never had a broken bone in my body.
The condition possibly associated with bisphosphonates is osteonecrosis of the jaw. It was seen primarily in people with cancer who had received intravenous bisphosphonates and had undergone dental procedures that involved the jaw bone. It does not occur spontaneously in the absence of a dental procedure involving the jaw bone.
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Margery Gass, MD Professor, Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |
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