This resource links to 2 free trainings on Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) interventions for dental and healthcare providers offered by HealthEKnowledge.
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Opioid Prescribing Webinar – Dentists
Source: Washington Department of Health
This video introduces practitioners to the Washington opioid prescribing requirements for dentists. Washington regulations require dentists to complete a 3 hour continuing medical education (CME) course on the new requirements in order to prescribe opioids. This video describes the new requirements for dentists. Funding Source: Washington Department of Health
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Comparison of Opioid Prescribing by Dentists in the United States and England
Source: Suda, K. et. al.
Report of a study comparing opioid prescribing rates in 2016 by dentists in the United States and England. The authors found that the proportion of prescriptions written by US dentists was 37 times greater than the proportion written by English dentists. Funding Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institutes of Health
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Washington State Opioid Prescribing Requirements for Dentists
Source: Washington Department of Health
The Washington legislature directed the medical associations in the state to develop opioid prescribing guidelines for their professions by 2019. This 4 page document briefly explains the guidelines developed for dentists. Funding Source: Washington State Department of Health
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Dental Education Core Competencies for the Prevention and Management of Prescription Drug Misuse – Recommendations from the Governor’s Dental Education Working Group on Prescription Drug Misuse
Source: Massachusetts Governor's Dental Education Working Group on Prescription Drug Misuse
The Governor of Massachusetts created a dental education working group to develop new core competencies for dental education in the state. The new competencies include training dental students in prevention of substance use disorder (SUD), how to treat patients with SUD, and how to provide effective, safe pain care. Funding Source: Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Comparison of Opioid Prescribing by Dentists in the United States and England
Source: JAMA Network Open
This 2019 journal article compares dentist opioid prescribing rates in the United States and England. While dental service rates are generally similar between the countries, US dentists prescribed opioids 37 times more than English dentists, they prescribed a greater range of opioid medications, and also prescribed long acting opioids which English dentists did not.
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Prescription Drug Community Action Kit: Survivor Story – Skye
Source: National Safety Council
Skye began her opioid use at age 13 after dental surgery and eventually developed a heroin addiction and a long arrest record. With the help of her family, Skye completed treatment, worked as a peer mentor and overdose prevention counselor, and now is therapist and assistant director of a counseling program that
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Prescribing Opioids for Women of Reproductive Age: Information for Dentists
Source: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
This 4 page briefing paper provides information for dentists about prescribing opioids for women of reproductive age and women who are pregnant. It includes information about neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome and provides guidelines for prescribing opioids for dental care providers. A six page version is also available.
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Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Dentists
Source: Oregon Health Authority
This one page document summarizes Oregon’s guidelines for opioid prescribing for dentists.