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Medical Miracle or Dental Pariah?

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As Suboxone becomes a cornerstone of opioid recovery, oral health professionals are increasingly confronting its complex effects on enamel erosion, xerostomia, pain management, and post-operative care.

AGD Subject Code: 010

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Identify the oral health complications associated with Suboxone use.
  2. Discuss how buprenorphine-containing medications may affect dental anesthesia, sedation, and post-operative pain management strategies.
  3. Explain the importance of comprehensive medical history review and interprofessional communication when treating patients receiving medication-assisted therapy for opioid use disorder.

This course was published in the September/October 2026 issue and expires October 2029. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Edward Ruvins, DDS, MS, MBA, MSF, MSAC, LAC, is a founder of Spectrum Dental Group, Lighthouse Recovery, and Optimum Consulting Group and a co-founder of Genesis Behavioral Health. A licensed addiction counselor in Colorado, a certified valuation analyst, and a certified fraud examiner, Ruvins can be reached at eruvins@yahoo.com.


Katie G. Brydon, LCSW, LAC, MAC, EMDR-C, is a licensed clinical social worker and a licensed addiction counselor in Colorado. Her practice focuses on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing-based treatment of complex psychological trauma and advanced treatment of addictions. Brydon is a founder of Road to Me Recovery, co-founder of Genesis Behavioral Health, and clinical director of Lighthouse Recovery.


Susanna Kayserman, DDS, practiced cosmetic and restorative dentistry from 1995 to 2022. She is an active member of the American Dental Association and the Academy of Osseointegration. She has taught residents at Staten Island University Hospital and is actively involved in her local dental society.


Mark Stein, DDS, MD, is an assistant professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at New York University and an attending physician at Columbia University Medical Center, Staten Island University Hospital where he is actively involved in resident training and education in the dentistry and surgery departments.


Chloe V. Ruvins, BS, is a recent graduate of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Her research interests focus on adolescent neurodevelopment, substance use, and executive function, with a particular emphasis on inhibitory control processes. She contributed to this article through literature review, data synthesis, and manuscript preparation.


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