Orofacial Pain: Page 11

3M inks deal to sell its dental anesthetic assets for $70M

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

3M plans to sell assets associated with its dental local anesthetic business in Germany to pharmaceutical service provider Pierrel for $70 million.

May 8, 2023

UCI secures $6M to develop jaw implant for TMJ treatment

By Kate Madden Yee

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has received a $6 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to conduct a trial for an engineered neocartilage implant designed to treat defects of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).

May 8, 2023

How to identify anesthesia emergence delirium in pediatric patients

By Melissa Busch

Certain behaviors, including tensed eyelids, indicate that pediatric dental patients are experiencing delirium as they awaken from anesthesia.

April 28, 2023

Digital splints, exercises reduce pain in TMD patients

By Melissa Busch

Muscle exercises and digital occlusal splints may reduce pain and improve jaw function in patients with TMDs.

April 26, 2023

University of Kentucky launches opioid prescription reduction project

By Kate Madden Yee

The University of Kentucky in Lexington has launched a project to reduce the number of opioid prescriptions given to young people.

April 26, 2023

A sticky way to combat 3rd-molar surgery complications

By Melissa Busch

Kinesiology tape and the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be the key to treating postoperative complications after wisdom tooth surgery.

April 17, 2023

50% of endodontic patients with toothaches had TMDs

By Melissa Busch

About half of those who sought root canal treatment for a painful tooth had temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs), according to a study.

April 14, 2023

Mental health disorder causes tween’s chronic lockjaw

By Melissa Busch

A conversion disorder may have led to a tween's chronic lockjaw, according to a new case report.

April 11, 2023

Does sedation affect kids’ dental fear?

By Melissa Busch

The progression of children’s dental fear may not solely depend on the type of sedation they receive during treatment.

April 6, 2023

Local anesthesia may be linked to woman's tongue paralysis

By Melissa Busch

A woman experienced tongue paralysis after the administration of local infiltration anesthesia for a dental restoration procedure, according to a case report published in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases.

March 20, 2023

Clinicians prescribed fewer opioids in 2019 vs. 2015

By Melissa Busch

Between 2015 and 2019, more than 2.7 million opioids were prescribed by dentists and oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the U.S. However, fewer opioids were prescribed in 2019 than in 2015, according to new research.

March 20, 2023

Dental Pain Eraser inventor wins top award

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The American Association of Orthodontists' Committee on Technology awarded the 2023 Ortho Innovator Award to Dr. Cosmo Haralambidis for inventing the Dental Pain Eraser.

March 13, 2023

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