Journal of American Dental Association: Trends in national opioid prescribing for dental procedures among patients enrolled in Medicaid

The authors found that opioid prescription rates in dentistry for people enrolled in Medicaid declined substantially from 2012 through 2019 for both children and adults. The percentage of prescriptions written for nonsurgical visits consistently declined over the observed time. During the same time, opioid prescription rates for both dental surgical procedures and dental nonsurgical procedures.

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