Education and a Career in Advanced Dentistry
Dr. Tomaro earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Michigan in 1980. He also completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology and histology at the University of Michigan. He then spent 26 years in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His career later took him to Las Vegas, where his role expanded from practicing dentistry to teaching it. As a former Director of Clinics at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies, Dr. Tomaro has spent years both providing advanced dental care and teaching other dentists about aesthetic dentistry, smile design, worn teeth, and bite function.
This background allows Dr. Tomaro to evaluate the smile as a whole rather than viewing each tooth as an unrelated project. That can be especially valuable for patients considering multiple restorations or a more extensive transformation.
Director of Clinics at LVI
Dr. Tomaro served for three years as Director of Clinics at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies. In that role, he worked in an advanced dental education environment focused on aesthetic dentistry, occlusion, restorative treatment, and comprehensive reconstruction. The critical skills and principles he used there continue to shape the care he provides today.
Continuing to Teach Dentistry
Dr. Tomaro has continued his involvement in dental education as a lecturer and member of Catapult Education. His teaching has included aesthetic dentistry, natural smile design, worn dentition, restorative treatment, and occlusal concepts.
He is also a published dental author and has contributed his clinical perspective to dental manufacturers, laboratories, and professional publications.
Designing the Smile Around the Face
Smile design involves more than choosing attractive teeth. The size, position, shape, and proportion of the teeth need to harmonize with the surrounding facial features for the result to feel natural to the individual patient.
Dr. Tomaro uses facial landmarks to help guide tooth position and overall smile design. Rather than beginning with a standard template, he considers the features that make each patient’s face distinct. This approach is especially important with porcelain veneers and larger cosmetic cases. The goal is not to create the same smile for everyone. It is to determine what proportions, contours, and details make sense for the person sitting in front of him.
Treating Worn And Damaged Smiles
Dr. Tomaro’s clinical background is particularly relevant for patients considering cosmetic changes or rebuilding damaged and worn teeth. These three areas provide useful starting points depending on what you would like to address.
Worn teeth can change more than the appearance of a smile. Over time, patients may notice that their teeth look shorter, edges have become uneven, old restorations are failing, or the proportions of the smile no longer look the way they once did.
Treatment begins by determining what has changed and what may have contributed to it. The appropriate plan may involve individual restorations, veneers, crowns, bite considerations, or a more comprehensive reconstruction, depending on the extent of the damage.
Dr. Tomaro’s experience with worn dentition allows him to approach these cases from both an aesthetic and functional perspective. For patients with significant jaw symptoms or bite concerns, the broader Massa Dental Center team can also evaluate whether a more detailed TMJ and bite assessment is appropriate.
Professional Background and Affiliations
Dr. Tomaro has remained active in professional dentistry throughout his career. His current professional background includes teaching, writing, clinical consulting, and participation in organized dentistry.
His documented professional distinctions and affiliations include:
- Lifetime Member of the American Dental Association
- Former Director of Clinics at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies
- Lecturer and member of Catapult Education
- Published author on restorative and aesthetic dental topics
- Clinical consultant to dental manufacturers and laboratories
These roles reflect a career spent not only providing dentistry but also studying, teaching, and contributing to the profession.
Cosmetic Dentistry With Function in Mind
Patients often begin a cosmetic consultation by describing what they see: teeth that look too short, uneven edges, discoloration, old restorations, gaps, or a smile that has changed over time. Dr. Tomaro also considers why those changes occurred.
Teeth that have gradually become shorter, flatter, chipped, or fractured may show signs of years of wear. In those cases, simply changing the appearance without considering the way the teeth come together may leave an important part of the problem unanswered.
That is why Dr. Tomaro’s background in cosmetic dentistry is closely connected to his understanding of occlusion, which is the way the upper and lower teeth meet.
Schedule a Smile Consultation With Dr. Tomaro
Dr. Tony Tomaro, a leading cosmetic dentist in Naples, FL, combines advanced smile design with an understanding of worn teeth, restorative dentistry, and bite function. Whether you want to refine a few visible details or rebuild a smile that has changed over time, he plans treatment around your facial features, dental health, and long-term goals.