Opioid abuse

The ADA Adopts Opioid Use Policy

January 24, 2017
Dental Bytes, Dentistry

In October, 2016, the ADA adopted a new ADA Statement on the Use of Opioids in the Treatment of Dental Pain, which provides recommendations for dentists on prescribing opioids to patients. In addition to specific practice recommendations, the statement urges…

November 16, 2016
Dentistry, OSHA Review

For the first time in 145 years, the United States Surgeon General issued a plea specifically to healthcare providers calling them to action, and urging them to help end the country’s opioid epidemic. The call-to-action letter was published in the…