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U.S. overdose deaths drop for 1st time in 30 years

By Theresa Pablos

The number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. dropped for the first time since 1990, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data suggest that steps to curb the opioid epidemic may be working.

July 24, 2019

5 steps for talking with patients about opioids

By Theresa Pablos

Talking with patients about opioids and pain management is important, but it can be a difficult topic for many providers. Experts discussed how to use motivational interviewing to help make this conversation a little easier during a recent webinar.

July 23, 2019

Study: Practitioners underrate patients' dental anxiety

By Tony Edwards

How good are you at telling if a patient has dental anxiety? Maybe not as good as you think, as a new study found that dental practitioners rated poorly in their ability to determine a patient's dental anxiety.

July 22, 2019

Study: Pain descriptors may aid in making diagnosis

By Tony Edwards

Can how patients describe their pain help you determine the underlying cause? Researchers used two sensitivity tests on 228 patients with an acute toothache and also asked them to choose from a list of 22 pain descriptors. They found that the words the patients chose to describe their pain pointed to a diagnosis.

June 27, 2019

Biopharma firm to buy Botox manufacturer for $63B

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie has announced an agreement to acquire Allergan, a pharmaceutical company and a manufacturer of Botox.

June 25, 2019

Insurance data show drop in opioid prescriptions by dentists

By Tony Edwards

An insurance company studied internal data and found that general dentists reduced the number of days of supplied opioids prescribed by 9% over a three-year period, according to research presented at the 2019 International Association for Dental Research meeting.

June 24, 2019

Dental assistant gets prison sentence for selling opioids

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A dental assistant from Pennsylvania has received a 19-month federal prison sentence for selling oxycodone tablets, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

June 20, 2019

New sedation guidelines call for 2 experts per procedure

By Theresa Pablos

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and American Academy of Pediatrics have updated their sedation guidelines for the first time in three years. The new guidelines call for two trained personnel to be present when providing deep sedation or general anesthesia to children.

June 20, 2019

Anesthesia & Pain Management Insider: New sedation guidelines call for 2 experts per procedure

By Theresa Pablos

June 18, 2019

Second Opinion: My experience with narcotic pain medications

By Dr. Alvin Danenberg

As a periodontist, Dr. Alvin Danenberg used to prescribe narcotic medication for patients who required it. Now after recovering from a fractured vertebra, Dr. Danenberg shares what it's like to have narcotics coursing through his body and what dentists can learn from his experience.

May 28, 2019

Study finds U.S. dentists' opioid prescriptions 'excessive'

By Tony Edwards

The percentages of oral health and dentist visits are about the same in the U.S. and England, but what about the rates of opioid prescriptions by dentists? Researchers looked at the most recently available data to compare the rates of prescriptions in the two countries and found a vast difference, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.

May 23, 2019

Second Opinion: A comparison of 2 opioid alternatives

By Colin Bell, DDS

In this Second Opinion, oral surgeon Dr. Colin Bell writes about practical pain management alternatives to opioids, focusing on two specific examples. Dr. Bell also discusses new dental codes for reimbursement while emphasizing patient safety and practitioner awareness of the ongoing opioid epidemic.

May 21, 2019

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