He graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1991, and got an M.S. degree of odontology in 1994 and a Ph.D. degree of odontology in 2001 from the same university. He has experience in odontology, focusing on bucomaxilofacial surgery, acting on the following subjects: internal fixation, orthognathic surgery, bone healing, biomaterials, and craniomaxillofacial trauma.