Ed3,
I was on Actonel for years; until my SIL told me many women
suffer from jaw deterioration due to osteoporosis meds. I think Saundra has done research along these lines. Decades upon decades I had a large space, where 2 teeth had been extracted when I was very young. I switched dentists and the newest dentist suggested I have implants put in because the other teeth, top and bottom, were trying to compensate for the space and were pushing towards the area to close the gap. I had the implants and that corrected the problem. But they're still monitoring the jawbone to make sure it hasn't kept on deteriorating. Thank God, thus far, everything is fine. And it was 5 years ago, that I had the implants, implanted. But yes. Ed3, a weak bone density test, provoked the GYN to start me on Actonel.