Association of Opioid Use With Pain and Satisfaction After Dental Extraction.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Dentists commonly prescribe opioids to relieve pain after tooth extraction. Understanding the differences in patient-reported outcomes between opioid users and nonusers could encourage the adoption of more conservative and appropriate prescribing practices in dental medicine.

Objective

To evaluate whether pain and satisfaction scores reported by patients who used opioids after tooth extraction were similar to the levels reported by patients with no opioid use.

Design, setting, and participants

This quality improvement study was conducted in the 14 dental clinics of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Eligible adult patients of these clinics who underwent routine or surgical extractions between June 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017, were contacted

SUBMITTER: Nalliah RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7070233 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature