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ADA releases guide to substance use, safe prescribing
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The ADA has released its Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and Safe Prescribing.
October 21, 2015
5 steps to help stop substance abuse: Part 2
By Theresa Pablos
What do you do when you believe a patient has a substance abuse disorder? In part two of this abuse and addiction series, two dental experts discuss how to intervene when you suspect substance abuse and how to treat recovering patients.
September 10, 2015
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5 steps to help stop substance abuse: Part 1
By Theresa Pablos
About 1 in 4 people abuse drugs and alcohol, according to a presentation at the California Dental Association's CDA Presents 2015 meeting. The speakers addressed how dental professionals can help patients understand substance abuse.
September 9, 2015
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Great Expressions adds DoseSpot e-prescribing
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
More than 240 Great Expressions Dental Centers have integrated the DoseSpot platform into their practices. This platform allows dentists to e-prescribe controlled and noncontrolled prescriptions to more than 65,000 U.S. pharmacies.
May 14, 2015
Morphine and tramadol may make intra-articular injections more effective
By Rabia Mughal
Morphine given by intra-articular injection after arthrocentesis significantly reduces temporomandibular joint (TMJ)-related pain compared with arthrocentesis alone, according to a new study. The researchers also found a similar but shorter-lived effect with tramadol.
March 4, 2015
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FDA's lack of transparency hurts dentists and their patients
By Theresa Pablos
The dental community should be a little more wary of articles detailing clinical trials published in peer-reviewed journals, according to a new review of clinical trials in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings of trials are sometimes published without any note of their scientific misconduct found by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the author found.
February 18, 2015
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Curve Dental partners with DrFirst for e-prescriptions
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Cloud-based dental software developer Curve Dental has partnered with e-medication management technology provider DrFirst to offer integrated electronic prescribing capabilities for both legend drugs and controlled substances to Curve customers.
February 10, 2015
FDA: Relief ACP oral care gel recalled
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Relief ACP oral care gel was voluntarily recalled by manufacturer Discus Dental because of an "incorrect composition of ingredients." The company mistakenly filled the gel product with hydrogen peroxide teeth-whitening gel, which made it ineffective or could cause increased sensitivity.
December 18, 2014
Early dental consult plays important role in treating orofacial pain
By Rabia Mughal
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 in arriving at a differential diagnosis and preventing this pain from becoming a chronic problem.
November 2, 2014
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New endodontics study examines sedation use and dental anxiety
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
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 pain, simply avoid seeing the dentist, according to the authors of a new study in the Journal of Endodontics on when and how to use sedatives during dental procedures.
October 14, 2014
ADA 2014: Pain management and addiction -- the dentist's role
By Donna Domino
SAN ANTONIO - Pain management, identification of patients at high risk for substance abuse, and utilizing interventions for drug abusers were the focus of a well-attended session at the ADA 2014 annual meeting.
October 13, 2014
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ADA 2014: Session focuses on best uses for established anesthetics, new anesthetics
By Donna Domino
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 focus of an opening-day session at the ADA 2014 annual meeting.
October 8, 2014
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