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Dental extraction while taking Prolia,
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Sep 13 5:18pm | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
@samcal9977zz,
Prolia is very good at quickly reducing fracture risk.
But it reduces risk by building bone that is avascular. Not having a normal blood supply compromises the nerve supply. Both of which make it less possible that the bone can repair itself after damage. It can result in osteonecrosis of the jaw which is decay of the jaw bone.
Normal bone rebuilding requires cells that break the bone down first. Osteoclasts emit an acidic substance that clears away older, fissured bone before osteoblasts lay down new bone. Prolia stops that process thoroughly.
In your several years of Prolia you have collected older bone without building new bone.
Not everyone on Prolia experiences osteonecrosis after having a tooth pulled.
It is important to be alert to the possibility and keep your dental surgeon aware of any new sores or pains after the dental procedures.
Implants are great.
Wishing you luck.
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I had two attempted implants which failed. Might have been a great experience for you, was not for me.
I had another implant that took. It was a very very very long procedure, back and forth to the dentist for months and extremely expensive.
I would say that for an otherwise healthy person...and, oh, under 40...sure, I would say they are most likely great.
I was already in horrible health. And that horrible health interacting with that dental work did not do well.
And my dentists love money. A lot. They are huge fans of money. They did not listen to me...at all. They dismissed me, because, well, they love money. A lot. And they could have listened to me and given me much safer and more effective care.
They did not.
Did I mention they love money? Because they love money. Their devotion to truly helping patients, was less of a devotion than their devotion to money.
And, I have read articles in major publications indicating that dental care in America is picking up more and more dentists who go outside medical norms and pitch unnecessary procedures to line their pockets.
So, clearly, I am hardly alone in having these issues.
A lot of it, I am sure is being on Medicare. If you are poor, you are absolutely not treated the same way that someone with better finances is treated. It is quite shameful and also, of course, dangerous to the patient to be treated like a second class citizen, who is worthy of more pain, less care, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
We need to entirely regulate the whole industry. If it is done properly, a whole lot of dentists would be going to prison. Not joking. Big problems out there.