Opioid Prescribing in Dental Practice : Managing Liability Risks

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Dentistry should be proud of its history of providing responsible pain relief, as well as becoming more cautious in prescribing opioid medications when other safer pharmacologic options exist. Our training directs us to first eliminate the source of dental pain and prescribe analgesics only as adjunctive relief. Prescriptions must be written for a legitimate dental purpose and for a patient of record. Through self-regulation, the dental profession must continue to establish pain management guidelines based on scientific evidence and clinical experience to avoid further regulatory action restricting our prescribing privileges, which remain one of our most powerful therapeutic tools.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:64

Enthalten in:

Dental clinics of North America - 64(2020), 3 vom: 10. Juli, Seite 597-608

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Keith, David A [VerfasserIn]
Kulich, Ronald J [VerfasserIn]
Vasciannie, Alexis A [VerfasserIn]
Harold, Richard S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Analgesics, Opioid
Controlled substances
Dental Practice
Journal Article
Opioids
Pain management
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Safe prescribing

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.09.2020

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cden.2020.03.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310306361