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Oral osteoporosis meds appear to reduce the risk of jaw degradation BOSTON, Mass. (Jan. 2, 2008) — Athanasios Zavras began receiving messages from distraught patients in 2005 after case reports linked oral osteoporosis meds to bone death in the jaw. A number of doctors and dentists advised women and men taking these drugs to postpone dental work, fearing that procedures such as tooth extractions would exacerbate the problem. That`s when Zavras, an associate professor in the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, decided to take a closer look at the purported link.
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