TennCare’s policy changes related to opioids cut the number of painkiller prescriptions written to Medicaid dental patients by nearly half, according to a report released

The ADA announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant to the ADA Science & Research Institute (ADASRI)

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will raise its prescriber registration fee from $731 to $888 on October 1, according to the California Dental Association

In its drug safety communication from July 23, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it recommends that healthcare professionals consider prescribing

Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have been awarded $1.7 million from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the

Patients who took opioids for pain relief after tooth extraction reported higher levels of pain than patients who took other analgesics in a new study,

A dentist in Wisconsin has admitted to writing a prescription for oxycodone to his dental hygienist and then having her divert the painkillers to him

A dentist in Missouri was sentenced to 18 months in prison for making false statements to Medicare and illegally issuing prescriptions for narcotic opioid drugs

About half of opioid prescriptions written by dentists in the U.S. exceeded two-day supply recommendations identified in previous research, according to a new study published

An oral surgeon in Pennsylvania agreed to pay $150,000 to settle allegations that she mishandled opioids, diverting them from patients for personal use, which resulted

The Iowa Dental Board has suspended the license and the general anesthesia permit for an oral surgeon who allegedly diverted patients’ opioids for his own