Comparison of CBCT Prescriptions among Different Campuses of East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine.

Objectives: East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine (ECU SoDM) has established a unique education model that delivers the dental curriculum through student rotations at community service learning centers (CSLCs) in underserved areas across North Carolina in their senior year. The objective of the study is to analyze the patient composition and CBCT prescription patterns at the main campus (Ross Hall) and eight CSLCs, to determine if students have comparable training at various sites.

Methods: CBCTs taken at ECU SoDM in 2017-2021 were evaluated.

Use of the Dental Electronic Health Record for Research: Assessing Demographic and Oral Health Characteristics Data for Clinic Patients.

Dental schools in the United States increasingly emphasize community-based practice targeting underserved populations. However, the impact on target populations remains largely undocumented. East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine (ECU SoDM) developed an integrated electronic health record database that aggregates patient data from all clinics in the ECU SoDM system and enables longitudinal assessment of the impact of clinical care on oral health outcomes.

Conditional survival of heart failure patients after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Aims: Conditional survival is defined as the probability of surviving an additional number of years beyond that already survived. The aim of this study was to estimate conditional survival in heart failure patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Methods: Heart failure patients with multivessel coronary artery disease undergoing first-time, isolated CABG between 1992 and 2011 were included in this study.