About the Speakers
About the Speakers
Alfonso Piñeyro, DDS
Dr. Piñeyro received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in 1999. Dr. Piñeyro completed an additional two years of Advanced Education in General Dentistry at the University of Rochester Eastman Dental Center, NY, in 2003 and a three-year Residency program in Prosthodontics at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health in 2006.
Hector L. Sarmiento, DMD
Dr. Sarmiento is a highly respected speaker in implant and periodontal topics and a member of the American Board of Periodontology. He earned his DDS degree at the Universidad Cuauhtemoc in Mexico, then completed the 2-year AEGD program at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, before completing the periodontal residency program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and an expert in both maxillofacial surgery and periodontics. He specializes in advanced techniques such as laser surgery and stem cell technology, and his philosophy is to provide quality care with the least amount of surgery.
Mario Romero, DDS
Dr. Romero, a 1995 graduate of the University of Guayaquil School of Dentistry in Ecuador, completed his advanced training in the U.S. with a two-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program at the University of Rochester, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, where he received the Handelman Award for Excellence. He spent nine years at a Dental College of Georgia, serving as the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program Director and earning multiple prestigious honors, including the Augusta University and American College of Dentists Outstanding Faculty Award and the Teaching Excellence Award, the dental school’s highest faculty recognition. Dr. Romero is also a prolific author, with over 50 publications and the book Minimally Invasive Esthetic Dentistry, no drill techniques, and he has lectured extensively on restorative dentistry. He currently owns and operates Dentistry180 in Sarasota, Florida.
Mohamed I. Fayed, DDS, MS, PhD
Dr. Fayad is a highly accomplished Endodontist who received his dental degree from Cairo University in 1985, followed by a Master’s (1994) and Ph.D. (1996) from the University of Buffalo. He completed advanced training in General Dentistry at the University of Rochester, Eastman Dental Center and received his specialty certificate in Endodontics at the University of Illinois. Currently, he serves as the Director of Endodontic Research and is Clinical Associate Professor at the College of Dentistry at UIC, while maintaining a private practice. Dr. Fayad is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics, has numerous publications in journals and textbooks (such as Pathways of the Pulp), and is the co-editor of the CBCT textbook, 3-D Imaging in Endodontics.