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Nowadays, a large number of antibody therapies are successfully used for cancer treatment, even in the advanced stages, and are sometimes administered continually to avoid cancer progression. This can significantly improve the survival rates of these patients. Although these therapies are not without side effects, there are fewer compared with conventional chemotherapy. Therapies include the administration of high-dose cortisone, which is utilized to stabilize the patient. However, even in cases where such treatments are given only for a short period of time, they can negatively influence the prognosis of treated teeth as well as the healing of bone postsurgery due to their intervention in the calcium balance. Therefore, tooth loss that is due to tumor treatment, bone metabolism, and the capacity for wound healing should be clarified specifically, as is the case with patients undergoing antiresorptive therapy.¹⁰