Persistent Opioid Use After Wisdom Tooth Extraction

Calista M Harbaugh; Romesh P Nalliah; Hsou Mei Hu; Michael J Englesbe; Jennifer F Waljee; Chad M Brummett

doi:10.1001/jama.2018.9023

Persistent Opioid Use After Wisdom Tooth Extraction

JAMA. 2018 Aug 7;320(5):504-506. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.9023.

Authors

Calista M Harbaugh¹, Romesh P Nalliah², Hsou Mei Hu³, Michael J Englesbe¹, Jennifer F Waljee¹, Chad M Brummett⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
² College of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.

Abstract

This pharmacoepidemiology study uses commercial claims database data to describe the rate of persistent opioid use among patients aged 13 to 30 years prescribed perioperative opioids for wisdom tooth extraction.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy
Postoperative Period
Tooth Extraction*
Young Adult

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid

Abstract

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding