DrBicuspid

Hygienists may be the key to fewer dental visits at hospitals

States that give dental hygienists more autonomy and expand their scope of practice may have fewer preventable nontraumatic dental visits at emergency rooms, according to a study published March 5 in ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Nearly 2 Million Annual Emergency Room Visits for Dental Issues Seen From 2020 to 2022

There was a reduction seen in opioids as the sole pain relief drug given or prescribed at emergency department tooth disorder visits, from 38.1% in 2014 to 2016 to 16.5% in 2020 to 2022. HealthDay ...
Mena FN

Emergency Dentist Laguna Hills: CDC Data Shows 2.2 Million ER Dental Visits Cost Healthcare $2.7 Billion Annually

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- Emergency Dentist Laguna Hills practice Laguna Dental Center addresses alarming CDC statistics revealing massive healthcare system burden from dental emergency ...
The Conversation

How to avoid the dentist this holiday (and what to do if you need one in an emergency)

Arosha Weerakoon has received funding from Colgate for her research. She is a member of the Australian Dental Association as well as the International Association for Dental Research. She is a Fellow ...
Yahoo

Thinking about going to the dentist? Experts say it's OK in areas of low COVID-19 transmission

The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken a strong stance on oral health, urging people to put off routine visits to the dentist when COVID-19 is heavily circulating in their area. In interim ...