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How You Can Help the Opioid Crisis in Dentistry?

Embracing a Drug-Free Approach: The Role of Dentistry in Opioid-Free Practices The ongoing opioid...

UMSOD Implements Digital Solutions to Combat Opioid Crisis

The University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) has joined with DrFirst to fight...

Dental Organizations Take the Lead in Fighting the Opioid Crisis

While President Trump has declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, the federal...

Reversing an Opioid Overdose: Should a Dental Office Have Narcan?

It’s not typical for dentists to stock Narcan (naloxone), which is used to reverse...

The Opioid Epidemic and the NOPAIN Act

What it Means to the Dental Community… The NOPAIN Act, formally known as the...

RevBio Awarded a $2 Million Follow-On NIH Grant to Reduce Opioid Use and Addiction with TETRANITE

RevBio announced that it has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health...

Forward Science Launches BioStōm to Fight the Dental Opioid Epidemic

Forward Science has officially released BioStōm, the newest product in the Professional Use Product...

Tennessee Dentists Prescribing Fewer Opioids

Far fewer opioid prescriptions were written for TennCare dental patients in 2019 than in...

NYU Dentistry to Research Alternative to Opioid Pain Treatment

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has awarded New York University (NYU)...

Patients Prescribed Opioids After Extractions Report Worse Pain

The use of opioids to soothe the pain of a pulled tooth could be...