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Abstract
This article is an update on pain management in the dental care setting for adult and pediatric patients. The 3 main categories of analgesic medications are examined: (1) opioids, (2) nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and (3) nonopioid, non-NSAID medications. Pharmacology, side effects, patient selection, and treatment strategies and principles are examined. The information provided is aimed to facilitate the clinical perspective and update the oral health care clinician on providing safe and effective analgesia to adult and pediatric patients.Entities:
Keywords: Acute oral pain; Analgesic medications; Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs; Opioid analgesics; Pain control for dental patients; Pediatric dental pain
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Year: 2016 PMID： 27040289 DOI： 10.1016/j.cden.2015.11.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dent Clin North Am ISSN： 0011-8532