About BigMouth
BigMouth is an oral health database developed from partially de-identified electronic health record data contributed by several dental institutions. Access to the database is provided by i2b2, an open-source data warehousing tool.
18 Partnering Institutions |
Over 6 Million Patient Records |
BigMouth contains data from multiple dental institutions and is hosted at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Explore the current partnering institutions below:
BigMouth Dental Data Repository marks remarkable year of growth
BigMouth, a centralized repository for oral health data, has announced a year of significant expansion and achievement. Based at UTHealth Houston, the dental data collaborative has solidified its position as a vital resource for researchers seeking to improve oral health outcomes nationwide.

Publications Using BigMouth Data
Researchers in the dental community have published several papers using data from the BigMouth repository. Below are recent examples of such publications:
Clinical and Experimental Dental Research |
JDR Clinical and Translational Research |
International Dental Journal |
Journal of DentistryA Personalized Periodontitis Risk Based on Nonimage Electronic Dental Records by Machine Learning |
Explore more publications using BigMouth data - Research and Publications
Data Snapshots
We have had a significant amount of people entered within the repository, roughly 6 Million patients. Click below to view snapshots and images showing their diversity and our goals for achieving a database full of people from geographical areas.