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Mary Tavares is a Clinical Professor at Boston University, focusing on Dental Public Health. With a Doctor of Dental Medicine from Tufts University and a Master of Public Health from Harvard, she has led significant research initiatives. Tavares has collaborated with the Kuwait Ministry of Health to establish a dental care delivery system for children and has served as the co-Principal Investigator in the NIH-funded New England Children's Amalgam Trial, which investigated the safety of mercury amalgam fillings in children. Her research interests include the connections between systemic oral health and conditions such as obesity and diabetes. She has developed the Healthy Weight Intervention program for children within dental settings and has led the Kuwait Healthy Lifestyle Study, following a cohort of children over ten years to analyze blood and saliva samples alongside changes in BMI and diabetes status. Tavares advocates for policy changes that enhance dental health and integrates wellness programs into dental care. She has published extensively on topics of public health and dental care, contributing to both academic literature and practical health interventions.
Boston University • Boston, MA
Director of the Dental Public Health program.
Forsyth Institute • Cambridge, MA
Leading clinical investigations in oral health.
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