Alternative Pain Therapies

The key to dentin hypersensitivity may be in your kitchen
By Melissa Busch
An antioxidant found in many plants like grapes and apples, as well as red wine and green tea, may aid in the treatment of dentin hypersensitivity.
November 8, 2024
Woman Refrigerator Wavebreak3
A dread-reducing device may be just what dental patients wanted
By Melissa Busch
A device being developed by a dentist and mechanical engineering students may help put dental patients at ease.
May 3, 2024
Dental Drill Burr
This therapy make take the ouch out of burning mouth syndrome
By Melissa Busch
A therapy that stimulates cell function may offer immediate pain relief from burning mouth syndrome.
April 10, 2024
Oral Pain Woman
Green glasses go on, dental anxiety and heart rate drop
By Melissa Busch
Reducing anxiety and more in third-molar surgery patients may come down to wearing green glasses.
March 26, 2024
Female Patient Dental Chair
Marijuana derivative may ease severe tooth pain
By Melissa Busch
Cannabidiol, a nonaddictive, nonpsychoactive component of the marijuana plant, may reduce severe dental pain, making it a safer, equally effective alternative to opioids.
November 20, 2023
Cbd Oil Man
A hot way to cool burning mouth syndrome is in development
By Melissa Busch
Researchers are developing a better way to treat burning mouth syndrome, which includes delivery of the active ingredient in chili peppers.
September 20, 2023
Pictured from left to right are Daria Zaytseva-Zotova, Léa Lecomte, Hanna Tiainen, and Preet Bano Singh. Image courtesy of the University of Oslo.
Is SDF the answer to reducing tooth sensitivity?
By Melissa Busch
Adults experienced reduced tooth sensitivity when silver diamine fluoride (SDF) was applied to tooth root surfaces.
July 18, 2023
Tooth Sensitivity Man
Salve-soaked gauze may curb 3rd-molar extraction pain, dry socket
By Melissa Busch
An antibiotic-corticosteroid ointment may control dry socket, infection, and pain.
June 23, 2023
Xray Third Molars
PBM light therapy may better pain, healing after extractions
By Melissa Busch
Photobiomodulation light therapy may improve postoperative pain and wound healing after tooth extractions.
May 25, 2023
Woman Tooth Extraction Dentist
Altered anti-nausea drugs could lead to long-lasting pain relief
By Amerigo Allegretto
An altered version of an anti-nausea drug reaches inside cells to disrupt signaling and provide sustained pain relief.
May 24, 2023
Researcher
A sticky way to combat 3rd-molar surgery complications
By Melissa Busch
Kinesiology tape and the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be the key to treating postoperative complications after wisdom tooth surgery.
April 17, 2023
The taping method used on one of the third-molar extraction patients.
How cannabis affects vital signs, sedation for oral surgery
By Melissa Busch
Patients undergoing IV sedation who test positive for cannabis may have vital signs and anesthetic requirements similar to those who don't have the drug in their systems, according to a small study published recently in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
February 9, 2023
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