Dr. Mauricio Gutierrez is a Cum Laude graduate of Boston College, where he received a BS in Biology/Neuroscience. He earned his D.M.D. degree in 1999 from the Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia, where he graduated in the top 5 percent of his class. Dr. Gutierrez completed his post-doctoral training at the University of Texas, where he received his Certificate in Periodontics, along with a Master of Science degree, from the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio.

Dr. Gutierrez is Board Certified in Periodontology and Oral Implantology. He is also an active member of the American Academy of Periodontology, Academy of Osseointegration, and Fellow at the International Team for Implantology (ITI) and International College of Dentists. He is a two-time pastPresident of the Central Palm Beach County Dental Association. Dr. Gutierrezs special areas of interest and treatment within his specialty of Periodontics include dental implants and soft tissue grafting, topics on which he has lectured both locally and nationally.

While at UTHSCSA, Dr. Gutierrez was also an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Periodontics. Dr. Gutierrez joined our practice in 2002, and became a partner soon thereafter. He served as Assistant Professor at the VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, FL and also taught at the Atlantic Coast Dental Research Clinic, where he served as co-chair of the Periodontics and Dental Implantology section.

Born in Costa Rica, and raised in Miami, Dr. Gutierrez is fluent in English and Spanish, and proficient in French and Italian. Since 2004, Dr. Gutierrez has been a (Board Certified) Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, a distinction held by only 65% of practicing periodontists. Dr. Gutierrez was recently accepted to the prestigious Straumann Speaker Consortium and has lectured nationally on the topic of Dental Implant Esthetics.

Dr. Gutierrez and his wife Pilar, a Fashion Marketing Executive, married in 2015 and were blessed with the birth of their daughter Giuliana in 2018. Dr. G and Pilar were childhood friends who reunited in 2012 after a 25+ year friendship. They have made West Palm Beach their home and enjoy being active members of the local community.

Following a B.A. from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, Dr. Holt earned his D.M.D. from the University of Alabama in Birmingham in 1971, finishing at the top of his class. He was awarded a National Institutes of Health fellowship and earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology and a Specialty in Periodontics.

He served in the U. S. Navy as Chief of Periodontics for the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Dr. Holt has been President of the Atlantic Coast Dental Research Clinic and Co-Chairman of the Periodontal-Prosthetics Section and the Implantology Section. He is a former visiting Assistant Professor at Nova Southeastern Universitys College of Dental Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists. Dr. Holt continues to serve as a consultant to multiple dental implant and pharmaceutical companies.

Dr. Holt is widely published and co-authored the textbook Periodontal and Prosthetic Management of the Advanced Case. He has lectured extensively in the U. S. and in Europe. He has vast experience and expertise in periodontal-implant-prosthetic management of patients with complex problems. His special areas of interest and treatment activity include bone and tissue regeneration, periodontal-prosthetics, esthetics, and dental implantology. Dr. Holt is a native of Florida.

Dr. DeLuca obtained his Bachelors of Science from the University of Florida. He returned home to South Florida to obtain his Doctorate in Dental Medicine at Nova Southeastern University. Excelling in his dental education, Dr. DeLuca continued on at NSU to a three-year full-time residency program in Periodontics, the specialty of dentistry focused on the management of gum disease and placement of dental implants.

While in residency Dr. DeLuca served as the chief resident of his program and also obtained his Masters of Science as well as his specialty certificate. Dr. DeLuca is Board Certified in Periodontics and Dental Implant Surgery.