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Orofacial Pain: Page 2
JawSense, NTU to develop smart headband to combat bruxism
By
Ava Barros
Medical technology startup Jawsense and Nottingham Trent University’s (NTU) Medical Technologies Innovation Facility will collaborate to develop a smart headband capable of detecting and reducing bruxism and temporomandibular disorders.
January 16, 2024
AAOMS may update anesthesia guide for GLP-1 receptor agonist users
By
Melissa Busch
The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) is evaluating whether anesthesia guidelines for oral surgeries need to be updated for patients who take drugs like Ozempic.
January 9, 2024
Balanced Pharma’s anesthesia cartridge gets U.S. patent
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to Balanced Pharma for its dental anesthesia cartridge technology.
December 20, 2023
What dentists need to know about patients with scoliosis
By
Melissa Busch
Dentists may want to ask patients whether they have been diagnosed with scoliosis, because it could affect dental treatment planning.
December 14, 2023
New guidance for chronic jaw pain released
By
Melissa Busch
A new recommendation for treating persistent temporomandibular joint pain was published on December 15 in
BMJ
.
December 18, 2023
Elastic use with clear aligners may cause TMDs
By
Melissa Busch
Using intermaxillary elastics with clear aligners in adults may cause temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs) or worsen symptoms or pain associated with them.
December 11, 2023
$4M grant will study postsurgical oral pain
By
Ava Barros
The University of New England College of Dental Medicine, led by the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, has received a $4.4 million grant to study pain development after oral procedures.
December 11, 2023
Marijuana derivative may ease severe tooth pain
By
Melissa Busch
Cannabidiol, a nonaddictive, nonpsychoactive component of the marijuana plant, may reduce severe dental pain, making it a safer, equally effective alternative to opioids.
November 20, 2023
It may hurt. Pain sensitivity possibly linked to political views.
By
Ava Barros
Spike Lee, PhD, of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, had just received a numbing agent, like he always does before a dental cleaning, when he wondered whether a lack of sensitivity to pain affects one's moral and political views.
November 20, 2023
Highs and lows of opioid prescribing for dental patients
By
Ava Barros
U.S. dentists and oral surgeons still prescribed opioids to millions of patients, according to a recently published study in
PLOS One
.
November 13, 2023
Dentists to get childhood trauma training to curb opioid crisis
By
Ava Barros
The University of Missouri will virtually train dentists to work with patients who experienced childhood trauma in a move to address the opioid epidemic.
November 6, 2023
What dentists are saying about managing pediatric pain
By
Melissa Busch
Dentists reported that pediatric pain-management practices need to improve, because controlling pain, as well as anxiety or fear, in kids is a problem.
October 30, 2023
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