About
Dr. Rocio Saavedra, DDS, is a general dentist based in Boston, Massachusetts, who specializes in pediatric dentistry. She earned her D.D.S. degree in 2006 from Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega in Lima, Perú, and completed postdoctoral training in Advanced Education in General Dentistry and Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Connecticut between 2007 and 2011. Dr. Saavedra has worked extensively with children and families, including serving as a staff pediatric dentist at the Dimock Center in Roxbury from 2012 to 2016, where she collaborated with Head Start and Early Head Start programs. She practices at Springfield Community Dental Clinic, Holyoke Health Dental Center, Holyoke Health Center, and Tufts Oral Medicine Clinic. Dr. Saavedra has held faculty positions at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, and Harvard University, and currently serves as a clinical instructor in pediatric dentistry at Tufts and NYU Lutheran Pediatric Dentistry Program in Holyoke, Massachusetts. She speaks English.