Pain Management Articles

• Re-evaluating Therapeutic Drugs for Your Pregnant Dental Patients

  Inside Dentistry - March 2013

  Updates the recommendations for dental therapeutic agents for pregnant patients

• Postoperative Hypersensitivity and Its Relationship to Preparation Variables in Class I Resin-Based Composite Restorations: Findings from the Practitioners Engaged in Applied Research and Learning (PEARL) Network

  Gary S. Berkowitz, DDS, Howard Spielman, DDS, Abigail G. Matthews, PhD, Donald Vena, BS, Ronald G. Craig, DMD, PhD, Frederick A. Curro, DMD, PhD, Van P. Thompson, DDS, PhD
  Compendium - March 2013

  This study investigated postoperative hypersensitivity at 1, 4, and 13 weeks following resin-based composite restorations of occlusal caries and its relationship with prepreparation sensitivity and pr...

• Caries Crisis Management in Children: Interim Solutions

  Theodore P. Croll, DDS, Joel H. Berg, DDS, MS
  Inside Dentistry - February 2013

  Using resin-modified glass-ionomer as an interim tooth repair solution for restoring primary teeth

• Local Anesthesia Considerations in Endodontic Treatment

  James Bahcall, DMD, MS
  Inside Dentistry - May 2012

  Local anesthesia techniques for optimal administration in endodontic procedures

• Managing Craniofacial Pain the Multi-Disciplinary Way

  Noshir R. Mehta, BDS, DMD, MDS, MS
  Compendium - March 2012

  Account of the history of the Tufts Craniofacial Pain Center

• How is Local Anesthesia Changing

  Paul A. Moore, DMD, PhD, MPH, Morton Rosenberg, DMD, Suher Baker, DMD, BDS, MS
  Inside Dentistry - March 2012

  Drs. Moore, Rosenberg, and Baker discuss the changes in dental anesthesia

• Patterns of Use for an Enhanced Nociceptive Trigeminal Inhibitory Splint

  Andrew Blumenfeld, MD, Steven D. Bender, DDS, Barry Glassman, DMD, Andres Pinto, DMD, MPH
  Inside Dentistry - December 2011

  A commentary on the use and effectiveness of these devices

• Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Sedation and the Single-dose Sedative

  Michael Silverman, DMD, DICOI, John Hexem, MD, PhD
  Inside Dentistry - September 2011

  Used in combination, these two agents form a powerful partnership

• Opioid Prescribing in Dentistry

  Stephanie Golubic, DMD, MBE, Paul A. Moore, DMD, PhD, MPH, Nathaniel P. Katz, MD, George A. Kenna, PhD, RPh, Elliot V. Hersh, DMD, MS, PhD
  Inside Dentistry - June 2011

  Reviewing opioid prescribing in dentistry to avoid diversion and abuse

• Dentist Deployed

  Inside Dentistry - May 2011

  Military dentists play a vital role in dental health of combat troops

• Chest Pain

  Daniel Becker, DDS
  Inside Dentistry - March 2011

  Addressing the problem of chest pain in the dental office

• Pain Relief in the Practice of Dentistry

  Shirley B. Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH, Howard E. Strassler, DDS
  Inside Dentistry - September 2009

  The importance of dental loupes for proper ergonomics