Dr. Carlos Alberto Jurado is the Director of the Operative Dentistry Division within the Department of General Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry. He received his dental degree from the Michoacan University in Mexico in 2009. He then completed a one-year clinical residency in restorative dentistry at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry, followed by a two-year clinical residency in operative and aesthetic dentistry at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry. Then, he completed his three-year Prosthodontics Specialty Certificate and Master's of Science with a focus on Dental Materials at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He joined the University of Iowa from Texas Tech University, where he was the Director of Dental Skills I and CAD/CAM Dentistry. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the American College of Prosthodontists, and the International College of Prosthodontists. His research interests mainly include dentistry, operative dentistry, prosthodontics, dental materials, CAD/CAM dentistry, and aesthetic dentistry.