Dr.  Miriam Grushka has received her DDS and a PhD in Oral biology from the University of Toronto, and has engaged in the practice of Oral Medicine and Orofacial pain for many years.  She has previously been on the Faculty of Dentistry at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland and at the University of Illinois in Chicago. She has previously also worked in Germany with Dr. Thomas Hummel and at Yale with Dr. Linda Bartoshuk, on problems relating to taste and smell chemosensation.

She is Board certified by the American Board of Oral Medicine and the American Board of Orofacial Pain and is also a Certified Specialist in Oral Medicine in Ontario .   She has published scholarly articles and book chapters and has delivered numerous presentations on topics including diagnosis and management of facial pain and sensory oral phantoms, Temporomandibular dysfunction ( TMD),  Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS).

Dr. Grushka currently maintains a private practice in Toronto limited to Oral Medicine and Orofacial pain and sees and treats many patients with facial pain, TMD, neuralgic pain, BMS, sensory phantoms and taste and smell concerns.  . She is currently Courtesy Staff at William Osler Health Centre and Visiting Lecturer in the Department of  Diagnostic Sciences-Oral Pathology at Tufts University.