# De-Implementing Opioid Use and Implementing Optimal Pain Management Following Dental Extractions

> **NIH NIH U01** · HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE · 2020 · $705,117

## Abstract

Project Summary
The primary objective of this project is to de-implement the use of opioid analgesics for the management of
postoperative pain following dental extractions and to implement effective alternative pain management. We
propose a cluster-randomized trial design in which dental practitioners will be randomly assigned to 1 of 3
conditions involving different implementation strategies. The first condition, Standard Practice, will serve as a
control condition. The second condition will implement a clinical decision support (CDS) tool that will extract
patient history and interface with the state prescription drug monitoring program to provide personalized
recommendations for analgesic prescribing and offer language for discussing optimal, evidence-based non-
opioid pain management with dental extraction patients. The third condition will involve an enhanced version of
the CDS (CDS-E) that will also include information regarding optimal, evidence-based, non-opioid pain
management delivered directly to the patient both before and following the dental extraction visit. We will
examine opioid and non-opioid prescribing data from the electronic health record across study arms as well as
other provider- and patient-focused outcomes using mixed methods.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9991617
- **Project number:** 5U01DE027441-04
- **Recipient organization:** HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** D. Brad Rindal
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $705,117
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9991617

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9991617, De-Implementing Opioid Use and Implementing Optimal Pain Management Following Dental Extractions (5U01DE027441-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9991617. Licensed CC0.

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