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Dental Opioid Prescriptions Put Families at Risk of Overdose
Overdose rates are two and a half times higher among patients who filled a...
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Tennessee Dentists Prescribing Fewer Opioids
Far fewer opioid prescriptions were written for TennCare dental patients in 2019 than in...
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Patients Prescribed Opioids After Extractions Report Worse Pain
The use of opioids to soothe the pain of a pulled tooth could be...
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Public Toolkit Addresses the Opioid Epidemic in Oral Health
UnitedHealthcare says it has expanded its efforts to help address the connection between dental...
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More Than Half of Dental Opioid Prescriptions Exceed CDC Guidelines
About half of the opioid prescriptions written by dentists in the United States exceed...
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Cigna Notes Decrease in Opioid Prescriptions Among Its Dental Providers
Cigna has partnered with dentists to increase awareness of the dangers of opioids, the...
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Opioid Prescriptions Continue to Be Common for Adolescent Dental Patients
Dental issues remain a significant cause of opioid prescriptions among teens and young adults,...
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Delaware Campaign Aims to Prevent Opioid Abuse After Dental Procedures
The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is launching a campaign to increase awareness...
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First-Time Opioid Prescription Rates Decline
A national call for restraint in opioid prescribing has yielded dramatic progress in clinician...
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MDA Brochure Educates Patients About Opioid Use
The Minnesota Dental Association (MDA) has published a new brochure on pain management and...