These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Prescribing Analgesics for Postoperative Dental Pain.
    Author: Laniado N, Hersh EV, Badner VM, Saraghi M.
    Journal: Compend Contin Educ Dent; 2020 Oct; 41(9):466-473; quiz 474. PubMed ID: 33001657.
    Abstract:
    It is well-known that there is an opioid crisis in the United States. Prescription opioid analgesics contribute to this crisis; in 2012, dentists ranked second to family care physicians as the top prescribers. The medical and dental literature demonstrates that dental prescribing practices have been excessive, resulting in leftover medication that could then be diverted, misused, or abused. A multimodal analgesic approach is highly valuable in targeting pain along various points on the peripheral and central pain pathways and includes the use of long-acting local anesthetics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), acetaminophen, and opioids, the last of which are generally reserved for the most severe pain only. The Dental Impaction Pain Model demonstrates that NSAIDs are the frontline drugs for postoperative dental pain. Opioids have their role in postoperative analgesia but should be reserved for severe breakthrough pain or in situations where NSAIDs may be contraindicated.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]