Dr. Hanette Gomez was born in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic. She studied Dentistry at Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo and graduated in 1984. She then came to New York and attended New York University where she obtained her DDS Degree and became licensed in 1990. Since then she has been in private practice in Corona, New York. Dr. Gomez has received a Fellowship in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and a Recognition Award from the New York City Medical Examiner Office for her volunteer service as part of the ID Team that worked on identifying victims of September 11th and the American Airlines flight 587 to Dominican Republic that had departed from John F. Kennedy Airport and crashed. Dr. Gomez currently is the president at the Dominican Dental Association.