Exparel

With a nationwide opioid crisis, Dr. Hayes takes his role in preventing exposure to opioids very seriously. When he shifted his medical practice from the Air Force to his own private practice as a civilian, Dr. Hayes spent a great deal of time researching safer solutions to pain management after oral surgery. "I started looking around at different options and as I was reading the medical journals...the OBGYN world was using a medication for C-sections so that they wouldn’t have to give narcotics to mothers, and so we were able to transition that into the oral surgery field, and try…

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Exparel is one of the most popular pain medication alternatives used in surgeries across the world. As dental and oral surgery experts like Dr. Curt Hayes aim to lower the use of opioid drug use and dependency, Exparel nerve blocks have become more and more effective when it comes to improved patient comfort. An Exparel nerve block can numb a small area for a longer amount of time, up to 36 hours, instead of just a few hours with traditional local anesthetic. As such, patients receiving them during their procedure can return home and experience fewer post-operative symptoms of swelling…

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The opioid crisis in the United States is very real. In 2015, the state recorded a record 472 deaths from opioid overdoses. In this video, Dr. Hayes talks about how he is doing his part to prevent an opioid addiction by using updated pain management medication local to the area the procedure was performed. Learn more about this approach in the video below. "My name is Dr. Curt Hayes. I am a USAFA (United States Air Force Academy) class of '99. I'm currently in the reserves stationed as an IMA up in Cheyenne at FE Warren. I opened up Coal…

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