Meet Dr David Rua-Perez

Dr David Rua-Perez, DMD, MDS is a surgical trained Prosthodontist. He graduated summa cum laude at Havana Dental School, Cuba. On the next 2 years, he not only worked as a dentist in Cuba, also as an oral surgeon and dental lab technician in Venezuela. After that, he emigrated to the US in search of freedom and a better future for his family in 2012. In 2017, completed his Doctor of Dental Medicine training at Rutgers Dental School in New Jersey. Having the desire to learn even more and master the artistry of full mouth reconstruction and dental implants, Dr Rua-Perez then completed a full-time 3-year residency in Advanced Prosthodontics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, an specialty accredited by the American Dental Association. Simultaneously he earned his Master of Science in Dentistry Degree involved in research pertaining dental biomaterials. He has received extensive training in both the surgical and complex prosthetic aspects of implant therapy such as bone grafting, sinus elevation, computer-guided surgery, hybrids, overdentures and removable partials, complete dentures, and management of jaw disorders at University of Tennessee. He served as Chief Resident his final year and taught part-time at the dental school clinic, supervising removable denture and crown procedures.