MARCH 2021 JADA 

The authors report the rates of documented oral and oropharyngeal findings in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and determine the association of these findings with other symptoms.

The authors analyze opioid prescribing characteristics in a dental school in central Appalachia and describe characteristics of and encounters associated with opioid prescriptions and the quantity and duration supplied.

The authors evaluate the models used to deliver and finance dental care in long-term services and supports and community-based service programs.

The authors explore the clinical effectiveness of a comprehensive school-based, aerosol-free, caries prevention program.

The authors describe the spontaneous repair of an iatrogenic root perforation in a mandibular first molar that occurred during insertion of an orthodontic miniscrew in a young girl undergoing orthodontic treatment.

There author asks readers to diagnose the case of a 21-year-old man who had a 2-week history of intermittent dull pain in his right mandible.

The authors present a unique case of a 57-year-old woman who described a “sticking sensation like glass constantly poking in my throat.”