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?