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Dentistry
OPEN strives to give patients and providers the tools they need for pain management by promoting the use of non-opioid and non-medication pain management strategies for improved patient outcomes after dental procedures. Click on the icons below to learn more! 
Adult Prescribing Recommendations
Check out OPEN’s evidence-based surgical prescribing recommendations for adult patients. These recommendations are updated regularly including revised recommendations and new procedures.
Pediatric Prescribing Recommendations
Check out OPEN’s evidence-based surgical prescribing recommendations for pediatric patients. These recommendations are updated regularly including revised recommendations and new procedures.
Acetaminophen and NSAIDs Reference Sheet – Dentistry
Learn more about prescribing acetaminophen and NSAIDs for pain management after dental surgery.
Dental Prescribing: Summary of Best Practices
Stay up to date with OPEN’s summary of best practices document for dental prescribing, including non-opioids, during the perioperative period.
Managing Pain After Dental Surgery
Learn ways to manage pain after dental surgery such as: over-the-counter medications, non-medication strategies, and opioids, if prescribed.
Non-Medication Pain Management
Learn how to help manage or reduce your pain and anxiety through various techniques.
4 Evidence-based Reasons To Improve Opioid Prescribing Practices After Dental Surgery
This brochure, created for healthcare professionals, uses recently published data to compel prescribers to improve their opioid prescribing practices.
Pain Management in Dentistry CE Course
OPEN is excited to offer free online training for dental pain management and opioid prescribing. Three one-hour training modules are being offered that meet Michigan’s licensure requirement of board approved continuing education for pain and symptom management.
Acute Care Opioid Prescribing Guide
This Guide is a compilation of resources to support evidence-based acute care opioid prescribing.
Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers
This free course will empower non-prescribing providers and other learners in directly impacting the opioid epidemic through increased knowledge and tools to transform practice and policies.