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American Dental Association Provides New Guidelines on Opioid Use
New guidelines from the American Dental Association are cracking down on the use of opioids for tooth pain.
New Guidelines
The guidelines state that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs taken alone or alongside acetaminophen should be the first-line treatment for managing short-term dental pain in teenagers and adults.
Current medical evidence indicates that those medications can effectively manage pain from a toothache or after a tooth removal, an ADA guideline panel concluded.
The guidelines also say that opioid painkillers should be prescribed under limited circumstances, after considering any risk factors for opioid misuse.
Dentists should avoid providing “just in case” opioid prescriptions for patients, guidelines say. Patients should also be educated on proper storage and disposal of opioid drugs.
The new guidelines appeared in the “Journal of the American Dental Association.”
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This entry was posted on February 14th, 2024 at 01:55:00 pm by BlogMe@iaatpa.net (IAA) and is filed under Oral Health, Teeth.