Dental Clinician –Prescribed Opioids for Adolescents and Young Adults and Subsequent Substance Abuse

This cohort study using the Optum Research Database examines whether opioid prescriptions provided by dental clinicians for pain management of third molar extractions to opioid-naive US adolescents and young adults was associated with subsequent opioid use and abuse.
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research