Spring 2018

2 New Mexico Dental Journal, Spring 2018 VO L UM E 6 9 N UMB E R 2 S p r i n g 2 0 1 8 Jo u r n a l NEW ME X I CO DENTA L The New Mexico Dental Journal is published quarterly in the months of January, April, July and October by the New Mexico Dental Association, 9201 Montgomery Blvd NE, Suite 601; Albuquerque, NM 87111. Contributions: Articles should be submitted digitally to the editor, shefritz@comcast.net . Articles appearing in the New Mexico Dental Journal may not necessarily represent the opinions of the New Mexico Dental Association. Advertisements: We are proud to partner with LLM Publications, for our advertising sales. To place a classified or display ad, please contact David Gambill at 800-647-1511 x2231 or davidg@llmpubs.com . What’s Inside Download the App Today Shelly L. Fritz, DDS Editor 7520 Montgomery Blvd NE, Ste E-12 Albuquerque, NM 87109 505-888-6980 New Mexico Dental Association Staff 9201 Montgomery Blvd NE, Ste 601 Albuquerque, NM 87111 505-294-1368 | fax 505-294-9958 Thomas Schripsema, DDS Executive Director tschrip@nmdental.org Nancy Arenas Assistant Executive Director narenas@nmdental.org Joseph D. Menapace, PhD Senior Legislative Consultant jdmenapace@comcast.net Michael Moxey Director of Communications and Advocacy mmoxey@nmdental.org New Mexico Dental Association Officers Joe Valles, DDS President 500 Central Ave SE Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-243-3535 (office) 505-720-0253 (cell) joevalles@aol.com Julie Powell President-Elect 121 W Llano Estacado Blvd Clovis, NM 88101-3712 575-742-3100 pwllfmdentist@plateautel.net Jennifer Thompson Vice President 1212 E 20th St Farmington, NM 87401-4215 505-327-6233 jenniferthompsondds@hotmail.com David Manzanares, DDS Secretary-Treasurer 3615 State Hwy 47 Peralta, NM 87042 505-565-0609 (office) 505-670-4439 (cell) david.j.manzanares@gmail.com Christopher Morgan, DMD Immediate Past President 1442 S Saint Frances Dr., Ste G Santa Fe, NM 87505 505-988-4119 morgandmd@comcast.net Daniel J. Klemmedson, DDS, MD ADA Fourteenth District Trustee Tucson, AZ klemmedsond@ada.org www.nmdental.org 4 President’s Message 6 Opioids: Then and Now 9 Mandated Prescription Monitoring Program Usage by Dentists 13 Opioid Prescribing and Drug Overdose Death in New Mexico 17 Opioid Prescribing: Acute and Postoperative Pain Management 20 NMDA 109th Annual Session 23 New Dentist Committee— If We Want To Be In Charge, Let’s All Be In Charge 24 A Message From The New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care Opioids in Clinical Practice…A 30 Year Perspective 26 Save the Date—Event Calendar 27 Welcome New Members 33 Classified Ads/Employment Opportunities