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Currently-Recruiting Studies

Every Tooth Can Tell a Story Study

We are doing a research study to learn if and how children’s primary or “baby” teeth record information about their early life experiences.

Thank you for your interest in the Every Tooth Tells a Story (ETTS) Study. This study is temporarily on hold, as the lab is moving to Purdue University. We expect to be up-and-running again in the summer of 2024. Please email us at dunnlab@purdue.edu if you want to be considered for ETTS in the future and we will contact you as soon as we are able to.

We are looking to recruit mothers who had a major stressor occur while their child was in utero or post-natal up to two years of age. The stressor could have happened to you, the mother, or the child directly.

Closed-Recruitment Studies

The Stories Teeth Record of Newborn Growth (STRONG) Study

We are currently collecting teeth from children who were born on or between April 1, 2012 to November 4, 2013.

If you have any questions about the STRONG Study, please contact us at dunnlab@mgh.harvard.edu

Already a participant in the STRONG Study? Click here to see the study materials.

The ACT Project - Parents Sharing Thoughts About Children's Teeth

What do you think about baby teeth? Are they something you keep? Do you throw them away? Do your children want to keep them?

This research study was conducted by the Dunn Lab at Mass General Hospital in the Department of Psychiatry to understand parent’s attitudes, beliefs, and practices related to their children’s shed primary teeth. Research participants in this study completed a brief web-based survey and then participated in one 60-minute focus group discussion, or one 60-minute individual interview via Zoom Videoconferencing or phone call.