Christina Smith, DDS, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. She is originally from Buffalo, NY, and received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Canisius College. Following Dr. Christina Smith's graduation from college, she worked for Walt Disney World as a Spanish interpreter. She attended the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. Throughout her dental school career, Dr. Smith participated in projects including providing education programs and free dental screenings for underserved children in Buffalo, the Special Olympics, and the Miles for Smiles program. She participated in the American Dental Association's "Give Kids a Smile Day" at the University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. She earned several awards including the Pediatric and Community Dentistry Award, the Research Excellence Award and the Tucker Scholarship. While at the University of Buffalo she participated in molecular mycology research and received a grant from the International Association of Dental Research to present her work in Tokyo. She continued her research at the Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute of Massachusetts and published her research findings on antifungal properties of salivary peptides in the Journal of Dental Research and the Biochemical Journal.
Dr. Smith's enthusiasm for pediatric dentistry led her to the Women & Children's Hospital / State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine for Post-Doctoral training in Pediatric Dentistry. She was a clinical assistant instructor for the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at Buffalo's School of Dental Medicine.
Following the completion of Dr. Christina Smith's residency at the Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo in July of 2006, she moved to New York City where she taught at the Montefiore Medical Center for two years. During this time she became a certified Invisalign provider and participated with an interdisciplinary team addressing craniofacial anomalies.
She relocated to Fort Lauderdale in 2009. She is happy to live in Florida, where she can enjoy her hobbies of sailing, scuba diving, and studying marine biology. She is excited to have been able to volunteer assisting with stranded pilot whales in Islamorada and to participate in the University of Miami's shark tagging program. In her free time she enjoys teaching yoga.
