Dr. Jeffrey Martins
Dentistry is a part of who I am. Growing up, I frequently visited my father’s dental practice in Toronto, Canada where my mother was also a dental assistant. Seeing how much my father enjoyed dentistry made me realize, I too, could enjoy the profession as much as he still does. My father’s family is Portuguese, and anyone familiar with Portuguese families knows they are full of love and lively personalities. This is what I grew up watching, learning and experiencing in my father’s dental practice that eventually inspired me to pursue dentistry for myself.
For high school, I moved to Michigan to study at Great Lakes Adventist Academy where I met my wife-to-be, Nadine. Although Nadine was a grade ahead of me, we decided to start dating when I was a senior in high school and she was a freshman in college. Unfortunately, that meant we barely saw each other that year because she lived at college three hours away! Many phone calls were made that year and our relationship only grew from there.
Once I graduated high school, I joined Nadine at Andrews University in southwest Michigan and completed a four year degree in biology with a minor in chemistry. Nadine, a native Floridian, finished her nursing program a year before I finished my degree and moved back home with her parents to work for a year. That year, we also got engaged, but we were apart that year as well.
