Webinar: Dentists can play a role in blunting opioid epidemic

2021-09-16

Two past presidents of the Ohio Dental Association are leading a free webinar that features the positive role dentists can play to help mitigate the

CE course explores appropriate prescribing practices for managing dental pain

2021-09-08

Providing safe treatment to medically complex patients can be challenging. Clinicians must be aware of the medical considerations of drugs used in dental practices as

International Overdose Awareness Day remembers without stigma those who have died

2021-08-24

International Overdose Awareness Day is Aug. 31 It is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose and an opportunity to remember without stigma those

Drug overdose deaths soar 30% during the pandemic

2021-07-13

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. climbed nearly 30% in 2020, according to preliminary data released on July 14 by the U.S. Centers for Disease

Treating dental pain with opioids triples patient overdose risk

2021-05-02

Overdose risk is nearly three times higher for patients who fill opioid prescriptions after undergoing dental procedures, according to a study published on April 29

Federal government, ADA advocate policies to curb opioid epidemic

2021-04-09

The Biden-Harris Administration’s Statement of Drug Policy Priorities was released April 1, outlining the federal government’s first-year approach to ending the opioid epidemic. The priorities

Texting study shows 60% of opioids unused after procedures

2021-03-25

A text message program showed that 60% of opioid tablets prescribed to patients for common procedures went unused in a study published on March 25

95% of opioid prescriptions are for 5 dental procedures

2021-03-04

Dentists wrote about 2.7 million opioid prescriptions to patients during a five-year period, according to a study published on February 23 in the Journal of the

COVID-19 pandemic spurs stress-related dental conditions

2021-03-04

Dentists are seeing an increase in patients experiencing dental conditions associated with stress, such as teeth grinding, cracked teeth, and temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) symptoms,

State of U.S. oral health: 4 dental trends to watch

2021-03-01

The U.S. spent $135 billion on dental services in 2018, according to a March 2 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

February JADA finds opioid prescribing differences among US military dental clinics

2021-01-23

A study published in the February issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association found statistically significant differences in opioid prescribing among U.S. Military