Dr. Smith, received his dental degree from New York University College of Dentistry as part of an accelerated seven-year B.A./D.D.S. combined degree program. After completing a general practice residency at Booth Memorial Medical Center, he earned a specialty certificate in prosthodontics from NYUCD’s Postgraduate Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics.

He returned to NYUCD for an additional four years, obtaining a unique level of specialty training as a Fellow in the Postgraduate Implant Surgical Program. He is a former Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Periodontics and Implant Dentistry at NYUCD, and the former director of the Periodontal-Prosthetics residency program at New York Hospital Queens.

Dr. Smith is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine in the Department of Prosthodontics, where he teaches postgraduate Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry. He has lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally, and has had numerous articles published in the dental literature.