During his university years, Dr. Mario Alejandro Montoya obtained his Pre-Medical from the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Santurce, P.R. in 1986. In 1983 he obtained an Associate Degree in the category of Dental Technology from Institute Ramirez College, Hato Rey, P.R (US); Dr. Montoya graduated from the “University of New York” (College of Dentistry) in 1990, where he obtained a Doctor’s Degree in Dental Surgery (DDS).

During his second year Dr. Montoya worked for Dr. Gerald Curatola as site dental assistant and learning the maximum on dental aesthetics. Dr. Curatola is a world recognized Doctor in the field of aesthetics and make-over, today Dr. Curatola practice is located in the East Hampton NY. After his third and fourth year of dental school, Dr. Montoya worked as a tutor for the Prosthetics Department and helped in his spare time in the periodontal faculty of the University of New York. He worked for Dr. Reed Ference (Assistant professor for the faculty of Periodontics in NYU) for the period of two years and it was here where Dr. Montoya discovered his interest for the treatment of periodontal disease and implantology as part of general dentistry. He will tent the front desk, dental inventory, assisting the Doctor during all surgeries.

In 1991, Dr. Montoya moved to P.R. (US) with his family and established residence in Isabela, P.R. , He was the chief doctor of the Dental Area in the Correctional facility (CDO), as part of the Health Department in Mayagüez, P.R. for the period of 1.5 years. Dr. Montoya was in charge of keeping the inventory and facilities working properly with the dental and medical staff. Primarily service as general dentist was the goal in this facility. In June 1992, He opened a private practice (Ramey Dental Group, PSC) in the vicinity of the old Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, P.R, one of the biggest centers on the Northwest coast of Puerto Rico. This center is been in business for the past 14 years and providing jobs to more than 17 doctors and staff members. Dr Montoya is the director of the clinic and the president of the corporation.

After four years of private practice, in the spring of 1995, Dr. Montoya continued studies and traveled to the University of Miami where he completed post-graduate Implant Dentistry Training Program (1995-1996). The Director of the program was Dr. Arun Garg. In this program Dr. Montoya was trained by Dr. Robert Marx, Oral and maxilofacial Surgeon of Dr. Garg himself. This Course was a very comprehensive and didactic in the field of Dental Implants. Course topics were Biomaterials, Radiology, Surface Chemistry, Surgical principles, Tissue Preparation, Anatomy, Hands-on Surgical Workshops, Hands –on Prosthetic Workshops, Bone Physiology, Cell Microbiology, Diagnosing and Treatment Planning and Pharmacology. Faculty was form by nationally and internationally knows experts as well as researchers and professors from the University Of Miami School Of Medicine. Speakers like Carl E. Misch DDS, MDS; Craig M Misch DDS, MDS; Michael Pikos DDS, MD; Robert E. Marx, DDS, MD; Thomas O. Albrektsson, MD, PHD; Sascha A. Jovanovic, DDS, MS and Kenneth W. M. Judy, DDS, FACD.

In the fall of 1998, Dr. Montoya completed his post-graduate studies from the University of P.R. and the Midwest Implant Institute of Ohio. He was an extern in the UPR/ MII Endosseous Implant Externship Program. The Director of the program was Dr. Alfred L. Heller (MII). The faculty was form by Dr. Ramón Pérez (MII), Dr. James Rutkowski (MII), Dr. José Pedroza (UPR) and dean for the Division of Continuing Education Program Dr. Luis Aponte (UPR). The University externship program are hands-on programs in which the attendees receive training in diagnostics, treatment planning and surgical and restorative techniques via lecture, artificial mandible / model utilization and surgical experience on the extern’s own patients. Standards are established, maintained and reviewed quarterly with requirements for completion including minimum numbers of different implants placed, pre-test, post-test and surgical evaluations. Doctors successfully completing this program will be both competent and confident.

Once again the educational interest by Dr. Montoya shows another initiative and together with his colleague Dr. José Pedroza from San Juan, P.R., they travel to South America to the city of Montevideo in Uruguay in 1998. Together with 21 colleagues representing different “ibero-american” countries and Puerto Rico, they form the “Academia Iberoamericana de Implantologia Oral” (AIIO); a non-profit academy with the ideology of taking the education of the Oral Implant field to the Spanish speaking doctors through out the world via the internet globalization. (www.aiio.org). Dr. Montoya was the President of the “Academia Iberoamericana de Implantologia Oral” for the years 2001-2002. Today there are more than 150 implant companies using the net to gain competent business.

In 2004, Dr. Montoya completed one year in a Comprehensive Program on Oral Rehabilitation by The Tatum Institute and co-sponsored by the University of Puerto Rico, School of Dentistry Division of Continuing Education Program and the “Centro de Reconstruction Oral E Implantes de Puerto Rico y del Caribe”. The course was comprised of one year with ten sessions from March 2003 to March 2004. Each session had two days of supervised participant surgeries follow by three days of lecture and surgeries demonstrations. During the year course, participants had the opportunity to perform procedures on patients supervised by faculty members who may perform part of the procedure depending on its complexity and level of skill of the participant dentist. The course topics included an applied head and neck anatomy dissection course at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus, and anatomy Department. Certification training in Oral and Intravenous Sedation Techniques and Advanced life support. Soft tissue reconstruction and the importance of attached gingival. Applied radiography and imaging CT scans. Surgical techniques for the placement of implants complicated cases. Root forms implants techniques and bone expansion techniques. Onlay bone grafting techniques. Sinus lift and sinus bone augmentation. Grafting techniques as well inferior alveolar nerve repositioning; Endoseouss blades, ramus blades and custom blade implant technique. Ramus frame implants, subperiosteal implants and the restorative techniques. Dental implants Aesthetic. Dental implants complications and maintenance.

The inspiration for educational knowledge by Dr. Montoya took him to form the non-profit corporation Interactive Seminars Inc., which annually develops in P.R. a series of conferences at national and international level to educate the new generation of doctors in the Oral Implants field. Presently Dr. Montoya conducts clinical investigation studies in the field of oral implantology using morphogenic proteins that work as growth factors in bone to stimulate osseous formation in patients with bone deficiency for oral reconstruction. This investigation was developed together with his brother Dr. Martin Montoya Jr., who obtained his Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.) from the University of Virginia in 1980, in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetic Engineering. Dr. Martin Montoya Jr. is working for Harvard Medical School at the Children’s Hospital Boston on the Vascular Biology Program as researcher. These two colleagues presently conduct a scientific investigation with great possibilities for development in the field of oral medicine and dental implants.