title: To tame the pain?
abstract: Pain is still one of the most common reasons given by patients for avoiding dental care. Dental pain was identified as one of the most common pain complaints a national survey of pain in the US population. Although pain associated with dentistry encompasses intraoperative pain and pathologic pain as a result of dental neglect, it is likely that some of the aversion toward dentistry is a result of pain that occurs in the postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacology Unit, National Institute of Dental Research in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dionne
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006853:Hydrocodone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007052:Ibuprofen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014098:Toothache / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D006853:Hydrocodone; D007052:Ibuprofen