Mario Romero

Dr. Mario Romero is a 1995 graduate from the University of Guayaquil School of Dentistry in his native country of Ecuador. He completed a two-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program at the University of Rochester, Eastman Institute for Oral Health where he was granted the Handleman Award for Excellence. More recently, Dr. Romero spent nine years at the Dental College of Georgia, where he was the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program Director. While in this role Dr. Romero was awarded the Augusta University and the American College of Dentists Outstanding Faculty award for his achievements in scholarly, research and service; the Excellence in Dental Education Award from the Pierre Fauchard Academy, and the Teaching Excellence Award from the Dental College of Georgia which is the highest recognition for a faculty within the dental school. He has over 40 publications in national and international peer reviewed journals and has lectured extensively on topics related to direct and indirect restorative dentistry. Currently he is in private practice in Cape Coral Florida where he emphasizes in comprehensive esthetic restorative dentistry and holds an associate professor appointment at the prosthodontic department, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester.