Interprofessional Education for the Dentist in Managing Acute and Chronic Pain

Jeffry Shaefer; Antje M Barreveld; Paul Arnstein; Ronald J Kulich

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2016.05.003

Interprofessional Education for the Dentist in Managing Acute and Chronic Pain

Dent Clin North Am. 2016 Oct;60(4):825-42. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2016.05.003.

Authors

Jeffry Shaefer¹, Antje M Barreveld², Paul Arnstein³, Ronald J Kulich⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: Jeffry_Shaefer@HSDM.Harvard.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Tufts University Medical School, 2014 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02462, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Nurse Practitioner Program, MGH Institute for Health Professionals, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Tufts School of Dental Medicine, 1 Kneeland St Boston, Boston, MA 02111, USA; Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman St Boston, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

PMID: 27671956
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2016.05.003

Abstract

Dental education is at the intersection of affordable health care, opioid-abuse crisis, and collaborative practice benefits. Students must engage in interprofessional education (IPE) for pain management. Graduates must recognize appropriate management of acute dental pain and understand the dentist's role in interprofessional treatment of chronic disease, including management of temporomandibular disorders and orofacial neuropathic pain, chronic pain in general, and the consideration of opioids. This article reviews accreditation standards, compares these standards with recommendations from the International Association for the Study of Pain and regulatory boards, and presents examples of enhanced pain education.

Keywords: Acute pain; American board of pain medicine; Chronic pain; Dental education; Interprofessional relations; Opioid analgesics; Pain clinics; Pain management.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acute Pain / therapy*
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Chronic Pain / therapy*
Dentists
Education, Dental*
Humans
Interdisciplinary Studies
Neuralgia / therapy
Pain Management*

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid