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I had a tooth extraction and stopped taking Fosamax due to possible dental complications.as advised by my doctor. When I was on Fosamax, I experienced dramatic improvement in my bone density scores in a relatively short period of time. The extraction was five months ago and the extraction area has healed. My doctor says I must wait another six months before taking Fosamax again. I wanted to start taking Fosamax because of my improvement scores and being off Fosamax for almost a year seems too long. Does anyone know the medically correct time period required after a tooth extraction to be off Fosamax?
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Hello @newcomer, I moved your discussion and combined it with an existing discussion titled: Fosamax and tooth extraction, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/fosamax-and-tooth-extraction/, so you could meet members like @mtnyankee and @mjq who pondered some of the same questions as you.
@newcomer, did your doctor discuss with you why it needed to be 6 months? Were there additional concerns about dental work or needing to wait a full year for it to heal to be certain of the healing? Were any alternatives discussed. If you are comfortable sharing, how are your bone density scores holding during this hiatus from your medication?
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Have you considered taking forteo/tymlos? Check with your doctor these are not a bisphosphonate. I don't know for sure but it might be an alternative. Something worth looking into.