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Opioid prescribing patterns by dental procedure among US publicly and privately insured patients, 2013 through 2018

  • Five procedures accounted for 95.2% of dental opioid prescriptions, and tooth extraction accounted for almost two-thirds of total prescriptions.
  • Tooth extraction accounted for ⅘ of prescriptions for adolescents and young adults and ⅗ of prescriptions for adults aged 26 through 64 years.
  • In 2018, 45.3% of tooth extractions resulted in 1 or more initial prescriptions.

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Chua KP; Hu HM; Waljee JF; Brummett CM; Nalliah RP. Opioid prescribing patterns by dental procedure among US publicly and privately insured patients, 2013 through 2018. JADA. Published online 23 February 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2021.01.001