The University of Missouri (MU) has received a grant to train healthcare workers, including dentists, virtually to work with patients who experienced adverse childhood events
Though dental patients are less likely to be prescribed opioids today than they were a few years ago, U.S. dentists and oral surgeons in 2022
Alerting clinicians when patients die from a drug overdose may decrease high-dose opioid prescriptions and potentially prevent future casualties, according to a clinical trial recently published in
Asking about the medications dental patients take is part of gathering a detailed medical history, but do clinicians know how to gather this information without
About 1 in 10 pediatric dental visits in which opioids were used were linked to overdose or persistent use, with the highest chance of this
Tramadol was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March 1995 as a noncontrolled substance but was reclassified in 2014 as a schedule
A new study suggests that cannabidiol (CBD), a component of marijuana, is effective as an alternative to opioid painkillers for alleviating acute dental pain. Authored
The ADA and Providers Clinical Support System are presenting a free webinar May 24 on how dental professionals can offer safe pharmacological management of acute
The University of Kentucky in Lexington has launched a $580,000 project that will work with dentists to reduce the number of opioid prescriptions given to
A March 21 free webinar offers the opportunity to get the emergency medicine provider’s perspective on opioids, effective pain management and why streamlined referral programs
Main Content The CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain (2022 Clinical Practice Guideline) is a clinical tool to help clinicians and patients
INTRODUCTION Opioids have been used and prescribed for acute and chronic pain in the United States since the 1800s. Opioids are a class of molecules
