Case guide
Keep medicine, dental and billing records with their dates. Ask providers for missing copies and tell the lawyer where gaps remain.
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Mahyar Etminan · Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia · Lead author of the dental claims-database study
Finding: The study recorded more dental problems among users of medicine held under the tongue than in its comparison groups.
Etminan and colleagues: dental disease cohort, JAMA 2022 (opens in a new tab) · Dec 13, 2022 · Checked Oct 3, 2026
University of British Columbia · JAMA · 2022
Read the source: Association Between Sublingual Buprenorphine-Naloxone Exposure and Dental Disease (opens in a new tab) · Checked Oct 3, 2026
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Keep pharmacy records, labels and leaflets you have. List the product and any switches while you took it.
FDA’s warning covers mouth-dissolved tablets and films, including Suboxone and generics. The court claims concern film and alleged dental damage. Keep product details with the use dates so a lawyer can assess the actual history rather than assuming every fill or route was the same.
Ask for visit notes, findings and the care plan. Keep earlier records as well as records after the problems appeared.
Covered providers generally allow access to medical and billing records, with exceptions. Give the dentist your medicine history and ask for findings in words you understand. Keep professional conclusions separate from your own observations about when tooth problems began.
Keep bills, receipts and any benefit notices beside the related visit. Note what was paid, remains due or is being questioned.
A civil claim asks for relief based on alleged harm and responsibility. A bill records a cost; it is not itself an award or proof of cause. Ask the lawyer which loss records it needs and whether later bills can be added to the review.
No, the study describes groups in health claims data. It does not establish the cause of your own dental damage.
It found more recorded dental diagnoses among under-tongue users, but lacked oral hygiene data and could miss events outside physician records. Keep your actual dental and medicine history. Ask a clinician or lawyer what the study can and cannot contribute to the question they are assessing.
Ask what records remain and how to get copies. Keep the request, reply and any details about charges or excluded records.
HHS permits reasonable copying and mailing charges for covered record requests, but not search or retrieval fees. Separate psychotherapy notes have different access rules. Tell the lawyer what is missing and ask about lawful next steps; do not edit a record or guess its contents.
Ask who needs the records, who will receive them and what permission is requested. Get a claim and deadline check before relying on a filing date.
Ask whether the firm has accepted representation and which documents it will obtain. Read fee and expense terms, including costs after a loss. Keep authorization and acceptance copies with your timeline so you know who is handling the next action and which questions remain open.
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