Early dental consult plays important role in treating orofacial pain

2014-11-02

A team of Japanese researchers who looked at more than 200 patients with orofacial pain has found that early consultation with a dentist is useful

Dental Sedation Death and Injuries: Part 1 — Perspectives

2014-10-27

There is no official reporting or tabulation of dental sedation morbidity and mortality. The dental profession sees the occasional “horror story” in sensational media reports

DoseSpot e-prescribing platform completes DEA-required audit

2014-10-14

DoseSpot, a developer of e-prescribing integration platforms for medical, dental, and telehealth software, announced that its software application has completed the required third-party Electronic Prescribing

New endodontics study examines sedation use and dental anxiety

2014-10-14

Dental anxiety can be so extreme for some patients that a simple cotton swab on the gums makes them flinch, and other patients, fearful of

ADA 2014: Pain management and addiction — the dentist’s role

2014-10-13

SAN ANTONIO – Pain management, identification of patients at high risk for substance abuse, and utilizing interventions for drug abusers were the focus of a

ADA 2014: Session focuses on best uses for established anesthetics, new anesthetics

2014-10-08

SAN ANTONIO – The best uses of established local dental anesthetics, as well as the future use of nasal spray and long-acting anesthetics, were the

NC dentist’s license suspended after patient sedation death

2014-09-21

A North Carolina dentist’s license was suspended by the state dental board following the apparent overdose death of his patient last October. The North Carolina

DEA hydrocodone restrictions take effect in October

2014-09-10

Effective October 6, hydrocodone combination products are being reclassified by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and subjected to tighter restrictions. These products, which include

CDA Presents: Pain control and its complexities

2014-09-10

The challenges that dentists face with pain control were on full display during a presentation by Steven Ganzberg, DMD, at the California Dental Association’s CDA

Va. dentist pleads guilty to drug charges

2014-08-27

A Virginia dentist has admitted to fraudulently obtaining hydrocodone and illegally distributing more than 2,500 of the pills. Newton Carroll Mullins, DDS, 65, who operates

FDA clears TMJ NextGeneration device

2014-08-20

TMJ Health has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its TMJ NextGeneration device for reducing temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD) pain. TMJ

Study: Use electromyography first instead of MRI for TMDs

2014-08-11

Most Americans would be surprised to learn how many people are affected by temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). Some researchers put the figure as high as 7%