[Dentists who prescribe opioid painkillers to teenagers and young adults after pulling their wisdom teeth may be putting their patients at risk of addiction, a new study finds.
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The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine Monday, shines a light on the largely overlooked role dental prescriptions play in an epidemic of addiction that has swept the United States, leading to a record 70,237 drug overdose deaths in 2017.
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Adolescents and young adults often are introduced to highly addictive opioid painkillers when they have their third molars pulled.
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Only recently have dentists — the most frequent prescribers of opioids for youths between the ages of 10 and 19 in 2009 — started to reconsider the use of narcotics in managing post-surgical pain.
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Nearly 6 percent of almost 15,000 people between 16 and 25 years old who received initial opioid prescriptions in 2015 from dentists were diagnosed with opioid abuse within a year
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In comparison, 0.4 percent in a similar group who didn’t get dental opioids were diagnosed with opioid abuse during the same period.
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The numbers looked especially troublesome for girls and women. More than 10 percent of female 16- to 25-year-olds who received a dental opioid prescription in 2015 were diagnosed with opioid abuse within the year.]
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![[Dentists who prescribe opioid painkillers to teenagers and young adults after pulling their wisdom teeth may be putting their patients at risk of addiction, a new study finds.
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The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine Monday, shines a light on the largely overlooked role dental prescriptions play in an epidemic of addiction that has swept the United States, leading to a record 70,237 drug overdose deaths in 2017.
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Adolescents and young adults often are introduced to highly addictive opioid painkillers when they have their third molars pulled.
#
Only recently have dentists — the most frequent prescribers of opioids for youths between the ages of 10 and 19 in 2009 — started to reconsider the use of narcotics in managing post-surgical pain.
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Nearly 6 percent of almost 15,000 people between 16 and 25 years old who received initial opioid prescriptions in 2015 from dentists were diagnosed with opioid abuse within a year
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In comparison, 0.4 percent in a similar group who didn’t get dental opioids were diagnosed with opioid abuse during the same period.
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The numbers looked especially troublesome for girls and women. More than 10 percent of female 16- to 25-year-olds who received a dental opioid prescription in 2015 were diagnosed with opioid abuse within the year.]
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#awareness #awarenessisfreedom #humanrights #addicted #addiction #opioidcrisis #wisdomteethremoval #wisdomteeth #painkillers #youth #dentist #dentistry #teen #addict #recovering #recovery #bigpharma #government #mentalhealth #toothextraction #parenting #parents #motherhood #mother #oralhealth #oralhygiene](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/974e3d61460a33e44603ca8d1d4c760e/5CA4A511/t51.2885-15/e35/46344358_2185891951725424_4388230118535856128_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com)