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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Sep;154(9):814–825.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.06.014

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Figure 1.

Clinical pathway for the pharmacologic management of acute dental pain: postoperative pain after surgical and simple tooth extractions in children. Naproxen is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for prescription use only in pediatric patients older than 2 years with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The recommendation for the use of naproxen in children older than 2 years in this guideline is an off-label use. NSAID: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.