Orofacial Pain: Page 8

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

Tooth was a real pain for U.S. Grand Prix driver

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Scuderia Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was experiencing intense tooth pain when he competed at the U.S. Grand Prix on October 21 and 22, according to news reports.

October 27, 2023

RevBio gets $2M to develop bone graft with pain drug

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

RevBio has received a $2 million grant to fund the preclinical development of a bone graft that will release locally acting nonopioid pain medication.

October 26, 2023

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