Dr. Curtis Sealy was born in Scarborough Tobago and attended St Mary’s College, leaving in 1979 with an Additional National Scholarship. He accepted a University scholarship to study Medicine at the University of the West Indies in 1979. He transferred to dental School in 1980 receiving his dental training at the University of Bristol in England and graduated in 1984.

After dental school, he returned to Trinidad & Tobago and worked with the Government Dental Services for 5 years. During his time, he gained valuable experience in the field and underwent extensive continuing education. He joined also his first group practise in 1985 in Chaguanas and left to establish his own office in 1987, which afforded him the opportunity to practise his own style of dentistry for which he earned the nickname “Teddy bear”.

In 1992 Dr Sealy was invited to be one of the six commissioning Dentist for the Dental Hospital of Trinidad and Tobago. Later in 1993 Dr Sealy was one of the pioneer Clinical Demonstrators/Tutors for the first year of the new University of the West Indies Dental School. Dr Sealy emphasis on Continuing education (with a recent emphasis on aesthetic dentistry) remains an important part of his professional life. He is a member of the Dental Association of Trinidad and Tobago and affiliated with the American Dental Association.