February 2025 Journal Club – The Ads Have Been Popping Up on Facebook… What’s the Deal with Suboxone and Teeth?

“The ads have been popping up on Facebook”… what’s the deal with Suboxone and teeth? Back in 2022, during the haze of the pandemic, the FDA issued a warning about dental decay risk from sublingual buprenorphine medications. What is this based on? How likely is this to be a significant risk? Are films worse than tabs? And what do we tell patients about minimizing potential risk? A Google search led me to a bevy of law firm websites with definitive declarations about the dental harms of Suboxone and details about the