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Mass Tort Claims
Severe Tooth Damage After Suboxone Film? You May Have a Claim.
People who took Suboxone film as prescribed and suffered severe tooth decay, cracked teeth, and extractions are filing claims alleging the manufacturer knew the film damaged teeth and failed to warn. The Harris Firm LLC is accepting these claims across Alabama — free consultation, no fee unless there is a recovery.
You did the responsible thing — you took a medication your doctor prescribed, exactly as directed. Nobody told you it could destroy your teeth. If it did, one free phone call tells you whether you have a claim.
In short: Suboxone film dissolves under the tongue or against the cheek — and lawsuits allege the film’s acidic formulation bathes teeth in acid dose after dose, causing severe decay, cracked and crumbling teeth, and extractions, even in people with previously healthy mouths.
The warning that came too late: In January 2022, the FDA required a warning about dental problems with medicines like Suboxone that dissolve in the mouth. Lawsuits allege the manufacturer knew about the tooth damage for years before that warning appeared.
Who typically qualifies: People prescribed Suboxone film for a sustained period — generally six months or more, before the 2022 label change — who then suffered serious dental injuries: multiple cavities, extractions, crowns, root canals, or dentures.
Act now: Filing deadlines in this litigation are strict and turn on when your dental injuries appeared. If this happened to you, do not sit on it.
What the Suboxone Lawsuits Allege
Suboxone is a legitimate, often life-changing medication — and nothing about these lawsuits says otherwise. The claims are about the film version and what it did to people’s teeth. The film is designed to sit in the mouth and dissolve slowly, which means its acidic formulation sits directly against tooth enamel, dose after dose, day after day, for years.
Patients who followed their prescriptions exactly report the same story: teeth that had been fine began decaying at the gumline, cracking, and crumbling — ending in extractions, root canals, crowns, and full dentures, often costing tens of thousands of dollars that dental insurance barely dents.
In January 2022 the FDA required a dental-injury warning for buprenorphine medicines that dissolve in the mouth. The lawsuits allege the manufacturer knew about the risk long before then and said nothing — leaving patients and even their dentists blindsided. Claims are consolidated in coordinated federal litigation, and cases continue to be filed.
Who Can Bring a Suboxone Claim

The strongest Suboxone claims generally combine three things:
1. Prescribed use of the film. Suboxone film — not just the tablet — taken as prescribed for a sustained period, generally six months or more. Pharmacy records establish this cleanly.
2. Use before the warning. Most qualifying claims involve use that began before the January 2022 label change, when no dental warning existed.
3. Serious dental injury. Multiple new cavities, decay at the gumline, cracked or extracted teeth, root canals, crowns, implants, or dentures — documented by a dentist after you started the film.
And to say it plainly: needing this medication is nothing to be embarrassed about, and neither is holding a drug company accountable for damage it never warned you about. Your consultation is confidential.
Compensation in Suboxone Cases
Dental reconstruction is brutally expensive — extractions, implants, and dentures routinely run into the tens of thousands, and dental insurance rarely comes close. Compensation in these claims can account for the dental work you have already paid for, the work still ahead of you, and the pain and embarrassment of losing your teeth to a medication that was supposed to help you.
We do not quote settlement numbers on websites. We document your claim — your prescription history, your dental records, your treatment plan — so it is valued on your facts.
How Your Suboxone Claim Works
Handled from Alabama, by an Alabama firm — with national trial co-counsel where your case benefits from it. Confidential from the first call.
Free Phone Consultation
Tell us when you took Suboxone film and what happened to your teeth. We can usually tell you in one call whether you qualify.
Electronic Sign-Up and Records
The engagement is signed from your phone or computer. We collect pharmacy records and dental records — the proof that qualifies and values your claim.
Your Claim Is Filed and Prosecuted
We file your claim in the coordinated national litigation, working alongside experienced trial co-counsel who help lead these dockets — disclosed to you, agreed in writing, at no added cost. Your relationship stays with us.
Resolution — No Fee Unless You Recover
The attorney fee comes out of any recovery, never out of your pocket. If there is no recovery, you owe no attorney fee.
Suboxone Claims — Frequently Asked Questions
1.What does it cost to pursue a Suboxone claim?
Nothing up front. The consultation is free, and the case is handled on a contingency fee — the attorney fee is a percentage of any recovery. If there is no recovery, you owe no attorney fee.
2.Will my medical history stay private?
Your consultation is confidential, and your case is handled with the same discretion as every matter this firm takes. Taking a prescribed medication and being injured by it is nothing to be embarrassed about — and it is legally protected information in our hands.
3.I’m still taking Suboxone. Can I still file?
Yes — and do not stop or change your medication because of a lawsuit. That is a decision for you and your doctor alone. Filing a claim about the dental damage does not require quitting a medication that is working for you.
4.My teeth were not perfect before Suboxone. Does that sink my claim?
Not necessarily. What matters is the change — dental records showing decay that accelerated dramatically after you started the film tell the story even if your teeth were not flawless before. Let the records speak before you count yourself out.
5.Will I have to go to court?
Almost certainly not. These claims proceed in coordinated national litigation and are handled through records and filings. Most clients complete their entire case by phone, email, and electronic signature without ever appearing anywhere.
6.Who will actually handle my case?
The Harris Firm LLC. We evaluate your claim, sign you up, gather your records, and stay your firm throughout — and we work alongside experienced national trial co-counsel who help lead this litigation, with every arrangement disclosed to you and agreed in writing at no added cost.
Find Out If You Qualify — Free
One free, confidential phone call tells you whether your Suboxone use and dental injuries qualify, and what happens next. No obligation, no fee unless you recover.
Have This Handy When You Call
✓ Roughly when you started and stopped Suboxone film
✓ The pharmacy that filled your prescriptions
✓ What happened to your teeth, and when it started
✓ Dental work you have had or been quoted
✓ Rough is fine — we track down the records
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