Treatment for ONJ after Extractions
Once again, the folks down at Chat GPT are wrong again. (Or should I say the robots) As I see happen many times their answers to dental questions often misdiagnose and send the patient on a wild goose chase of doctor visits and even worse, self-treatment leading to pain and suffering.
Example: “Patients on drugs for osteoporosis should not have any dental work.” Buzzzzzzz! Wrong answer; thank you for playing. These drugs, called bisphosphonates, Aredia, Prolia, Boniva, if taken by pill form do not show complications. If you are receiving these drugs by injections, you should consider delaying extractions, gum surgery involving surrounding bone exposure, and dental implant surgery.
If you wind up getting a complication known as ONJ, osteonecrosis of the jaw following these procedures, it is treatable. The signs that you have it is very often misdiagnosed on the internet as “dry socket”. Both will cause pain and show exposed bone protruding out of the gum next to the surgical site. The dry socket resolves quickly with a repeated application of a special paste at the site; the ONJ often requires removal of exposed bone with local anesthesia.
Careful with AI searches; I put the wrong oil in one of my older cars from a search I did; it over heated and almost ruined the engine. Crazy.