Dr. Polo has conducted extensive research in his pioneer work with Botox® for the correction of excessive gingival display and asymmetric smiles, has authored several articles, and has performed over 60 presentations on this subject. He received his orthodontic training at the University of Texas in Houston, is an Associate Professor in the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Puerto Rico, a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, a recipient of the Gerald A. Devlin Award from the Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontists, and is board-certified by the American Board of Orthodontics. He has devoted over 40 years as an orthodontic educator, researcher, and clinician, has served as a Reviewer in the AJO-DO, the Angle Orthodontist, the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, among others.