Dr Mario Romero is a 1995 graduate of the University of Guayaquil School of Dentistry in his native country of Ecuador. He subsequently completed the 2-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program at the University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health, where he was granted the Handleman Award for Excellence. He has been recognized by the Ecuadorian Dental Federation, the Guayas College of Dentistry, the American College of Dentists, and the Pierre Fauchard Academy for his outstanding academic contributions. In 2020 he received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Dental College of Georgia, where he served for 9 years as an associate professor and the director of the AEGD program. Dr Romero has over 50 publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals and has lectured extensively on topics related to esthetic restorative dentistry. Today Dr Romero is the owner of Dentistry180 in Sarasota, Florida, where he specializes in minimally invasive esthetic restorative dentistry.