Orthodontics
Eduardo A. Avila, DMD, MPH
Sublime Smiles Orthodontics
Dr. Eduardo Avila leads Sublime Smiles Orthodontics on Rockville Pike in North Bethesda. He earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, added a master’s in public health, and returned to Tufts for two years of specialty orthodontic training. Before opening his own practice, he spent three years with the nation’s leading Invisalign provider.
Why patients choose Dr. Avila
He has a reputation for solving challenging cases — patients describe being told by other orthodontists that braces or Invisalign could not fix their bite, then getting an excellent result with Dr. Avila. His office draws hundreds of five-star reviews and is praised for a friendly, low-pressure environment.
Practice focus
Invisalign, LightForce custom braces, and complex orthodontic cases for teens and adults.
Profile last fact-checked June 26, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Avila compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only one we list in North Bethesda
The only orthodontics provider in our registry serving North Bethesda.
The only provider we list offering lightforce braces
1 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name lightforce braces.
The only Tufts University School of Dental Medicine graduate we list
1 of the 107 doctors whose medical school we record studied at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.
1 of 19 Spanish-speaking doctors
19 of the 139 providers in our registry (14%) practise in Spanish, across 6 specialties.
2nd longest since qualifying of our 5 orthodontics providers
Qualified in 2002. The median for the 5 orthodontics providers whose year we record is 2004.
Medical school: Tufts University School of Dental Medicine — Boston, MA, United States.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Avila sits by experience
Dr. Avila finished dental school in 2002, 24 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 78 finished earlier, 52 finished later, and 4 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–1999Dr. Avila2002
2000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 21 dentists we list, 8 finished dental school earlier — the median for that group is 2004.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 — Dr. Avila | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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