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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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Dental Groups Celebrate World Antibiotic Awareness Week
Dental groups in the United Kingdom are teaming up to celebrate World Antibiotic Awareness...
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Dental Receptionist Sentenced to Prison for Forging Opioid Prescriptions
On October 28, Senior US District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo sentenced Belinda Dietrich...
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Dentist Sentenced to Eight and a Half Years in Prison for Opioid Conspiracy
A dentist in Virginia Beach has been sentenced to nearly eight and a half...
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Scammers Target California Dentists
Scammers posing as Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and as employees of Southern California Edison...
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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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81% of Preventive Dental Antibiotic Prescriptions Are Unnecessary
Researchers have found that 81% of the antibiotics prescribed by dentists, who account for...
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ADA Responds to Study of Excessive Opioid Prescriptions in Dentistry
The ADA says that it is aware of recent research from the University of...