Wisdom Tooth Surgery a Gateway to Teen Opioid Addiction, Study Finds

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  • December 3, 2018

A common rite of passage—having your wisdom teeth pulled—might be raising the risk of teens and young adults becoming addicted to opioids, a new study out Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests. Youngsters who are prescribed opioids by their dentist, often for wisdom tooth extractions, are more likely to abuse…

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