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Whole-body health and our role in substance abuse

By Lisa Knowles, DDS

While there has been much attention recently to the rise in opioid abuse, Dr. Lisa Knowles relates a chance meeting at an airport that brought the issue home to her. After this meeting, she came up with nine suggestions for you to think about opioid and pain management prescriptions in your practice.

February 10, 2016

Septodont agrees to promote NSAID nasal spray

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Egalet has announced a collaboration agreement with Septodont, in which the company will promote Egalet's Sprix nasal spray exclusively to dentists in the U.S.

February 8, 2016

FDA announces action plan to combat opioid abuse

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an action plan to combat what it calls the "opioid abuse epidemic."

February 4, 2016

White House releases budget plan to curb opioid overdose

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

President Barack Obama announced on February 2 a two-pronged approach to address the "opioid overdose epidemic."

February 2, 2016

NYU, UCLA get $2.4M grant to study cannabinoids for cancer pain

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The New York University (NYU) Bluestone Center for Clinical Research and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have received a five-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the use of nonpsychotropic cannabinoids to suppress chronic cancer pain.

January 28, 2016

Researchers of new study hope to take needles out of anesthesia

By Theresa Pablos

What if you never had to administer anesthesia through a needle again? A recent study evaluated the possibility of using an electric current instead of a needle for local anesthesia during routine dental procedures.

January 27, 2016

DrBicuspid.com announces the 2015 Dental Excellence Award winners

By Tony Edwards

DrBicuspid.com is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Dental Excellence Awards. Awards will be handed out at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting in February.

January 25, 2016

Wand Dental receives Henry Schein stocking order

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Wand Dental announced that it has received an initial stocking order from Henry Schein for the Wand STA computer-assisted anesthesia system.

January 19, 2016

Study finds EEG can predict propofol responsiveness

By Theresa Pablos

Key markers from electroencephalography (EEG) may help track the depth of anesthesia patients' experience with propofol, according to a new study. The researchers hope their findings may lead to more accurate propofol titration and better brain monitoring during anesthesia.

January 19, 2016

Top 5 stories from fall 2015

By Tony Edwards

DrBicuspid.com takes a look back at the most-read news and clinical articles from fall 2015, as measured by page views. The most read article was Assistant Editor Theresa Pablos' interview with Dr. Bing Hu on local anesthetics and young permanent teeth. What are the other four? Click to find out.

December 23, 2015

Dallas paper: 85 Texas dental deaths since 2010

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Eighty-five Texas dental patients have died since 2010, according to an investigative report by the Dallas Morning News published December 10.

December 9, 2015

Study: Kids use less than half of prescribed opioids

By Theresa Pablos

After surgery, many children use less than half of their prescribed opioid medication, according to a recent study. This finding is particularly worrying because many of these patients live with teenage siblings, who are at an increased risk for misusing leftover prescription drugs.

November 17, 2015

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