Dr. Airton Arruda, a native of Brazil, received his undergraduate education at Colégio Bandeirantes in São Paulo, and his dental education from the University of Mogi das Cruzes in São Paulo, finishing in 1975. He received a Master of Science in Dentistry (Orthodontics) at St. Louis University in 1981, and was a Research Fellow in Orthodontics at Harvard University the following year. Currently, he is on our faculty and also is working toward a doctorate in Epidemiology at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Arruda has been a member of the orthodontic faculty at the University of Mogi das Cruzes in São Paulo and also is the co-founder of the Harvard Society for the Advancement of Orthodontics. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and the European Board of Orthodontics and is co-founder and President of the Brazilian Society of the Charles H. Tweed Foundation. Dr. Arruda participates in the Graduate and Undergraduate Orthodontic Programs as well as the orthodontic portion of the Graduate Pediatric Dentistry Program.

Dr. Arruda and his wife Sandra live in Ann Arbor and have three children; Pedro, Ana, and Fernanda.