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Opioid Use Disorder
How likely do you think your dental colleagues are to systematically assess or screen all patients for active or past Opioid Use Disorders (OUD)?
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When patients are willing to discuss their OUD and you believe they need treatment, how likely are you to refer them to a treatment professional, clinic and/or self-help program?
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Do you believe many of your dental colleagues are resistant to assisting patients with active OUD?
No resistance
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Widespread resistance
Do you think that dentists’ resistance is due to negative stigmatization of patients with active OUD?
Lower Range
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What type of additional education and training would you recommend to increase the number of dentists who always screen and refer patients with OUD? Check all that you believe may be helpful:
I believe no additional training/education will improve the number of dentists willing to assist patients with OUD
Medical model; OUD as a medical disease, including genetics
Compare/contrast OUD to other brain diseases
Medications used in treatment of various substance use disorders
Blending self-help group work with medications and professional counselling
Compare/contrast “recovery” and “harm reduction”
Special considerations during dental treatment of patients with OUD (i.e., pain management and drug interactions)
Using state prescription monitoring program data to the dentists’ advantage
How best to recognize and handle “drug-seeking behavior”, doctor shopping, board complaints by drug-seekers
Guest speakers such as American Society of Addiction Medicine physicians, community treatment specialists, folks in recovery
Suggested “scripts”: helpful language to use when screening and referring
How to train staff and set up the entire dental office with the screening process
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