Bone health medications
Alendronate and your teeth
Generic name: Alendronate · Class: Bisphosphonate
Alendronate is a bisphosphonate used to treat and prevent osteoporosis, especially in postmenopausal women and patients on long-term steroids.
Bisphosphonates carry a small but real risk of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) after tooth extraction or invasive dental surgery. The risk is much higher with IV bisphosphonates than with oral alendronate, but it shapes how dental procedures are timed and planned, especially extractions and implants.
Alendronate and dental care
Common questions patients have about Alendronate.
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