Dr. Jason A. Straw, DDS or Daniel A. Martin, DMD was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended Brigham Young University, receiving his Bachelors of Science  in Exercise Physiology. He played football for BYU receiving the Western Athletic Academic Award for outstanding academic and athletic performance. Dr. Straw graduated Magnum Cum Laude from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry receiving this Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree and was elected to the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society. Dr. Straw completed his four year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center and affiliated hospitals.