This is interesting. I hadn't heard of tooth loss as a pred side effect before, but thinking back over the last 6 years, I've had 3 teeth simply split in half and need the $1,000 caps (aaaargggh). I thought it was just old age and I think my dentist believes that, too. When the tooth split there was still enough of it remaining to act as an anchor for the cap, so that makes me think it was an old age issue for me.

I tried to find some research on the subject, but came up empty. However, I did see a lot of notional info concerning pred and tooth loss. I guess the jury is still out on whether it is considered an official side-effect. Maybe it is actually an erosion of the bone around the tooth like Jax has rather than erosion of the tooth itself. I will have to ask my dentist the next time I have an apt.