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What is your approach to a patient on long-term denosumab who now requires multiple invasive dental procedures?

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Rheumatology · U of AZ Phoenix Dept of Orthopaedics

This is an important issue and one our practice faces routinely. We have close to 2,000 patients on Prolia. When we initiate Prolia we discuss the concern about rapid bone loss associated with discontinuation. We advise that if they need a dental extraction we hope they can get it done before initia...

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Rheumatology · Boca Raton Regional Hospital

I completely agree. I also have not observed this fortunately rare occurrence in patients on Denusomab.

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