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Course to Explore the Opioid Epidemic and Dentistry
Opioid abuse continues to spread, with more than 15,000 deaths from overdoses of prescription...
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Acupuncture Explored as an Alternative Dental Treatment
Patients see plenty of needles when they’re at the dentist’s office. But they may...
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When an Oral Cancer Diagnosis Hits Home
April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, and dentistrytoday.com will be celebrating the event with blogs, news...
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100 Million Opioids Go Unused After Tooth Extractions
More than half of the opioids prescribed to patients after the extractions of wisdom...
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Surgeon General Campaign Aims to Reduce Opioid Prescriptions
With opioid overdose deaths quadrupling since 1999, US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD,...
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Chronic Pain Treatment Proves Difficult for Some Implant Patients
Though rare, chronic pain after dental implant surgery not only is possible, but it...
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Most Adults on Opioids Keep Their Leftover Pills
Deaths from prescription opioid have quadrupled since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease...
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NIH Grant Will Develop Cannabinoid Cancer Treatment
Oral cancer is a painful disease, affecting 45,750 new patients each year in the...
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Rx Painkillers Still a Significant Source of Addiction
The number of dental prescriptions for opioids has declined in recent years, though practitioners...
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ADA Joins White House Fight Against Rx Drug Abuse
President Obama launched an initiative to combat rising rates of opioid and other drug...