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An assessment of dental caries rate at the Boston Medical Center GROW clinic

397 - An Assessment of Dental Caries Rate at the Boston Medical Center GROW clinic

Saturday, May 24, 2025
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM MDT
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    Presenting Author(s)

  • Minalie Jain, DDS

    Resident
    Boston University, Boston, MA
    Boston University
    Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

    • Research Mentor(s)

  • Christine Chiao, MPH, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Boston University, Boston, MA
    Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    • Program Director(s)

  • KD

    Keri Discepolo, DDS, MPH

    Program Director, Pediatric Dentistry
    Boston University
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Purpose: The aim of this retrospective study is to assess whether the dental caries rate from a sample of patients at the Boston Medical Center GROW clinic, a comprehensive interdisciplinary clinic for children with growth failure. Growth failure is when a child’s growth rate falls significantly below the expected rate, and may be caused by underlying chronic conditions, malnutrition, hormonal imbalance, and more.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of pediatric patients ages six and younger from Boston Medical Center (BMC) pediatric dentistry from June 2015 to June 2023. Data was extracted from the Boston Medical Center Clinical Data Warehouse (CDW) as well as through manual data entry and included information on the patient’s medical and dental history

Results: The results of this study indicate a correlation of GROW clinic attendees having higher rates of both ECC and S-ECC. This increase was statistically significant.