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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Is it time US dentistry ended its opioid dependence?

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2019 Oct


J Am Dent Assoc


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31561762?dopt=Abstract


150


10

Is it time US dentistry ended its opioid dependence?

Authors

Is it time US dentistry ended its opioid dependence?
Thornhill MH, Suda KJ, Durkin MJ, Lockhart PB
J Am Dent Assoc. 2019 Oct; 150(10):883-889.
PMID: 31561762.

Abstract

In 2017, 11.4 million US citizens misused prescription opioids, resulting in 46 overdose deaths daily and a $78.5 billion burden on the economy. Dentists are one of the most frequent prescribers of opioids, and there is concern that dental prescribing is contributing to the opioid crisis.
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