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Yes -- I had a crown that broke off. The oral surgeon would not remove the tooth until I spoke with my oncologist who said it could be removed but to schedule the tooth extraction as far as the end date of the Zometa time, i.e. 5 months. Also, she wanted to await my FINAL Zometa infusion about two months following extraction.....HOORAY...I am having this final one this Wednesday. So talk with your oncologist and have him/her write you a note for the oral surgeon and if he/she has any questions, they can be in touch. Good luck and let us know how you do. (P.S. The oral surgeon will not do the drill-in-type teeth that people have nowadays due to his concern about jaw breakage. It's fine with me, the tooth that broke was the last one on my lower jaw...feels funny but I'm getting used to it!!!)

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Hi--can I ask? What was your original prescribed course for the Zometa? How many years? As for me, they think there are problems with the whole line of bottom teeth due to my treatments, which is surprising because I tolerated heavy chemo surprisingly well....but who knows? It could be from the Zometa itself, could also be from Covid infection (have been reading up on that as well). Will have to learn to live with the pain for a while and keep an eye out for infection. There are worse things after all. Thank you so much for your story on this.