Cosmetic, Neuromuscular, and Implant Dentistry are non-specialty interest areas not recognized by the ADA requiring no specific educational training to advertise these services. Doctors Ruth Gomes, Michael O'Brien, and Ty Allen Parker are not licensed in Missouri as specialists in the advertised dental specialty of Orthodontics.

Dr. Gomes has post-graduate training in Advanced Cosmetic & Neuromuscular Dentistry at the premier LVI Global and has taken many post-graduate training courses in Implant Dentistry including the Implant Dentistry Continuum at the Implant Seminars.

Dr. Gomes is a certified provider of Lumineers and Invisalign. Dr. Gomes practices General Dentistry, although she has an international Orthodontics degree (two year full-time program).

Dr. Gomes is a member of the American Dental Association, American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, International Association of Orthodontics, Academy of General Dentistry, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, American Academy of Implant Dentistry, American Headache Society, International Association of Comprehensive Aesthetics, and International Congress of Oral Implantologists.