A white paper released by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) encourages dental practitioners to prescribe patients ibuprofen and/or acetaminophen instead of opioids to help manage postsurgical pain.
Elsbeth Kalenderian, DDS, MPH, PhD, chair of the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences at University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry, has been selected to join the American Health Council’s Education…
Given the ease and availability of rapid screening methods, oral health professionals are uniquely positioned to identify the early stages of infection.