Clinical trial suggests opioids unnecessary after wisdom tooth surgery

A combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen provides better pain relief than hydrocodone with acetaminophen after wisdom ...
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Tooth Extraction Costs And How to Afford It

Tooth extractions, including ones involving infection, periodontal disease and crowding issues, are one of the most common dental procedures. An estimated 10 million wisdom teeth are extracted from ...

Over-the-counter painkillers match or surpass opioids for dental surgery in all adults, analysis confirms

Over-the-counter pain medications work as well or better than opioids after wisdom tooth extraction for both men and women, ...
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Have You Seen This? Well, that's one way to get your tooth extracted

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Medi-Cal’s dental care gap: getting a tooth pulled is easy — much harder to get an implant

When Bobby Moske went to a community clinic a few years ago with a toothache, he couldn’t find a dentist in Marin County willing to take Medicaid to do a root canal. Marin Community Clinics referred ...