Preparing for Your Bone Density Test

If not already scheduled by your provider, please call us to schedule.

• Please complete your Bone Density Test Questionnaire
• If you have had a barium, CT with contrast, or nuclear medicine test fourteen or fewer days before bone density scan, contact our office immediately.
• Do not take calcium or any vitamins the morning of the test. 
• You may eat or take routine medications.
• Please avoid clothing containing zippers, snaps or underwires. You may need to change into a gown. 
• Appointments are booked for a one-hour duration. The actual test takes 15 minutes or less, and is painless.