Benjamin Chaffee, DDS, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences, UCSF
Cancer Center Program Memberships
Tobacco ControlResearch Summary
The overarching goal of our team’s epidemiologic research program is to understand how various behaviors, biological attributes, and social circumstances influence health and disease distributions, often inequitably, across populations. Application of such knowledge aims to inform future public health practices, health policies, and clinical guidelines that elevate the health of patients and vulnerable communities, both locally and worldwide. We strive for these goals through several recent and ongoing projects, such as: (1) A cohort study of conventional and alterative smokeless tobacco use among adolescents in rural California, including psychosocial influences of behavior and resultant nicotine and carcinogen exposures; (2) Investigations of early-life experiences and infant feeding behaviors in relation to childhood oral health in California and Brazil; (3) Evaluating clinical adoption and the effectiveness of patient-tailored caries-preventive therapies for adult and pediatric dental patients.
Education
Williams College, Williamstown, BA, 06/2002, biology and chemistry
University of California San Francisco, DDS, 06/2008, dentistry
University of California Berkeley, MPH, 05/2009, epidemiology
University of California Berkeley, PhD, 05/2013, epidemiology
Professional Experience
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2002-2004
Research Technician, MIT Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research -
2004-2013
Trainee, UCSF Integrated DDS-PhD Degree Program -
2008-2010
Associate Dentist, Native American Health Center, San Francisco, CA -
2010-2013
Graduate Student Instructor, University of California Berkley, School of Public Health -
2012-2012
Lecturer, San José State University, Department of Health Science and Recreation -
2012-2013
Graduate Student Researcher, University of California Berkley, College of Natural Sciences -
2013-2013
Statistical Consultant, University of California Berkley, Social Sciences Data Lab -
2013-2014
Assistant Researcher, UCSF Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health -
2014-present
Assistant Professor, UCSF Division of Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health -
2014-present
Director, Program in Global Oral Health, UCSF School of Dentistry
Honors & Awards
- 2008
American Association of Oral Biologists Oral Biology Award, UCSF - 2010
Lloyd F. Richards Endowment Fund Public Health Dentistry Award, UC Berkeley - 2011
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley - 2012
American Association for Dental Research Bloc Grant Travel Award - 2012
International Association for Dental Research Nutrition Research Group Student Abstract Award - 2013
American Association for Dental Research Bloc Grant Travel Award - 2014
American Association for Dental Research Hatton Award Finalist, Post-doctoral Category - 2014
UCSF John C. Greene Society School of Dentistry Mentor of the Year - 2015
UCSF 150th Anniversary Alumni Excellence Award (awarded to 150 living UCSF alumni) - 2016
American Association for Dental Education Olav Alvares Award, outstanding article by junior
Selected Publications
- Chaffee BW, Cheng J. Tobacco product initiation is correlated with cross-product changes in tobacco harm perception and susceptibility: Longitudinal analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health youth cohort. Prev Med. 2018 Jun 15.
View on PubMed - Watkins SL, Glantz SA, Chaffee BW. Noncigarette Tobacco Products-Gateway or Diversion?-Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Jun 04.
View on PubMed - Crystal YO, Chaffee BW. Silver Diamine Fluoride is Effective in Arresting Caries Lesions in Primary Teeth. J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2018 Jun; 18(2):178-180.
View on PubMed - Chaffee BW, Watkins SL, Glantz SA. Electronic Cigarette Use and Progression From Experimentation to Established Smoking. Pediatrics. 2018 Apr; 141(4).
View on PubMed - Watkins SL, Glantz SA, Chaffee BW. Association of Noncigarette Tobacco Product Use With Future Cigarette Smoking Among Youth in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, 2013-2015. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Feb 01; 172(2):181-187.
View on PubMed - Rechmann P, Chaffee BW, Rechmann BMT, Featherstone JDB. Changes in Caries Risk in a Practice-Based Randomized Controlled Trial. Adv Dent Res. 2018 Feb; 29(1):15-23.
View on PubMed - Featherstone JDB, Chaffee BW. The Evidence for Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA®). Adv Dent Res. 2018 Feb; 29(1):9-14.
View on PubMed - Rechmann P, Bekmezian S, Rechmann BMT, Chaffee BW, Featherstone JDB. MI Varnish and MI Paste Plus in a caries prevention and remineralization study: a randomized controlled trial. Clin Oral Investig. 2018 Jan 04.
View on PubMed - Borges TS, Chaffee BW, Kramer PF, Feldens EG, Vítolo MR, Feldens CA. Relationship between overweight/obesity in the first year of age and traumatic dental injuries in early childhood: Findings from a birth cohort study. Dent Traumatol. 2017 Dec; 33(6):465-471.
View on PubMed - Couch ET, Darius EF, Walsh MM, Chaffee BW. ST product characteristics and relationships with perceptions and behaviors among rural adolescent males: a qualitative study. Health Educ Res. 2017 Dec 01; 32(6):537-545.
View on PubMed - Peres KG, Chaffee BW, Feldens CA, Flores-Mir C, Moynihan P, Rugg-Gunn A. Breastfeeding and Oral Health: Evidence and Methodological Challenges. J Dent Res. 2018 Mar; 97(3):251-258.
View on PubMed - Feldens CA, Rodrigues PH, de Anastácio G, Vítolo MR, Chaffee BW. Feeding frequency in infancy and dental caries in childhood: a prospective cohort study. Int Dent J. 2018 Apr; 68(2):113-121.
View on PubMed - Wang Y, Sung HY, Lightwood J, Chaffee BW, Yao T, Max W. Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures Attributable to Smokeless Tobacco Use among US Adults. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Sep 02.
View on PubMed - Milgrom P, Horst JA, Ludwig S, Rothen M, Chaffee BW, Lyalina S, Pollard KS, DeRisi JL, Mancl L. Topical silver diamine fluoride for dental caries arrest in preschool children: A randomized controlled trial and microbiological analysis of caries associated microbes and resistance gene expression. J Dent. 2018 Jan; 68:72-78.
View on PubMed - Chaffee BW, Urata J, Couch ET, Gansky SA. Perceived Flavored Smokeless Tobacco Ease-of-use and Youth Susceptibility. Tob Regul Sci. 2017 Jul; 3(3):367-373.
View on PubMed - Chaffee BW, Couch ET, Gansky SA. Adolescents' smokeless tobacco susceptibility by perceived professional baseball players' use. J Public Health Dent. 2018 Dec; 78(1):5-8.
View on PubMed - Seymour B, Shick E, Chaffee BW, Benzian H. Going Global: Toward Competency-Based Best Practices for Global Health in Dental Education. J Dent Educ. 2017 Jun; 81(6):707-715.
View on PubMed - Couch ET, Darius E, Walsh MM, Chaffee BW. Smokeless Tobacco Decision-Making Among Rural Adolescent Males in California. J Community Health. 2017 Jun; 42(3):544-550.
View on PubMed - Chaffee BW, Featherstone JDB, Zhan L. Pediatric Caries Risk Assessment as a Predictor of Caries Outcomes. Pediatr Dent. 2017 May 15; 39(3):219-232.
View on PubMed - Chaffee BW, Couch ET, Gansky SA. Trends in characteristics and multi-product use among adolescents who use electronic cigarettes, United States 2011-2015. PLoS One. 2017; 12(5):e0177073.
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