Though patients may not discuss dental hypersensitivity because the condition may seem minor or unsolvable, clinicians should make time for these discussions. The study was
Actor Billy Boyd, best known as Pippin in the trilogy “The Lord of the Rings,” perspired, ungluing his hairy hobbit feet while receiving a dental
About 60% of dental patients self-medicate — most commonly with analgesics and antibiotics — for their oral health problems, including unbearable pain, according to a
Medical technology firm Forward Science has enhanced its nonopioid oral pain relief gel BioStōm. In collaboration with its partners PuraGraft and MPS, Forward Science improved
Patients want to receive the long-acting local anesthetic liposomal bupivacaine to help manage pain after third-molar surgery, but few are willing to pay for it
Researchers at the Pain Research Center in New York University’s College of Dentistry recently developed a gene therapy that treats chronic pain, their results being
Older adults experienced a nearly 60% reduction in dentine hypersensitivity when silver diamine fluoride (SDF) was applied to the root surfaces of their teeth. The
The loss of sensation in the lower lip caused by damage to the inferior alveolar nerve during mandibulectomy may no longer be irreversible, according to
Recently, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure brain activity in patients with bruxism and temporomandibular disorder (TMD)-related pain, according to research published in
Inserting gauze coated with an antibiotic-corticosteroid ointment into a wisdom tooth extraction site may control dry socket, infection, and pain. The findings come from a
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to their exposure to war may experience a higher prevalence of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) signs like pain. The
Adding fentanyl to midazolam for conscious sedation may improve dental operating conditions for patients, specifically those who could not be sedated with a single drug
