In December 2022, Congress passed the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act. MATE requires prescribers of controlled substances, including dentists, to complete eight hours of one-time training on safely prescribing controlled substances in order to receive or renew their registration with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). This goes into effect on June 27, 2023. If your renewal date is after June 27, 2023, you will need to have these training hours completed.
The ADA and the Provider Clinical Support System have six free webinars for members:
- Opioid Education for Dentists – How Dentists Prescribe Opioids | American Dental Association (ada.org)
- Prescribing Controlled Substances (Part 3 of an ADA and DEA Series)
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Acute Dental Pain
- Opioids, Dentistry and Addiction: The Dentist’s Role in Treating Pain
- The Impact of COVID-19 on the Addiction Field: A Call to Dentists
- Integrating Controlled Substance Risk Assessment and Management into Dental Practice