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Adolescent Opioid Exposure in Dentistry

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Clinicians should consider nonopioid analgesics when managing adolescent postoperative pain — especially given these patients’ risk for inappropriate substance use.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Discuss the impacts of prescribing opioids to adolescents and young adults when managing postoperative dental pain.
  2. Explain trends in dentists’ opioid prescribing patterns, the reasons behind these changes, and typical procedures that might result in opioid scripts.
  3. Discuss effective strategies for managing postprocedural discomfort — including use of opioid alternatives — in this patient population.

This course was issued in May 2022 and expires May 2025. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Belmont Business Media is an ADA CERP-recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ada.org/cerp. Belmont Business Media Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2026. Provider ID 317924
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J. William Claytor Jr., DDS, MAGD, serves as associate director for North Carolina Caring Dental Professionals, a nonprofit based in Aberdeen. An author and lecturer, he speaks about the opioid epidemic, as well as professional burnout, perfectionism and addiction. He is also a consultant to the Dental Well-Being Advisory Committee of the American Dental Association. Claytor, who is a recipient of the C.V. Winter Advocacy Award from the North Carolina Caring Dental Professionals, can be reached at bclaytor@nccaringdental.com.


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