Professor Laura Patricia Saenz Martinez, has a degree as a Dental Surgeon from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) with a specialty in Social Medicine from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Xochimilco Campus and a Master in Social Medicine from the UAM Xochimilco Campus.

Some of her recognitions at UAM are the Elaboration of the Mexican Official Norm Project for the Prevention and Control of Dental Fluorosis. Ministry of Health. Mexico, 2001; Distinguished Member and outstanding participation in the National Society of Researchers in Dentistry, A. C. Zacatecas, Zac. 2017.

Her Disciplinary Areas of research work vary between caries risk factors, Chronology of eruption, glycemic control and its possible relationship with caries, periodontopathies, and oral mucosal lesions in type 2 diabetics in students of the UAM Xochimilco Campus.

She has participated in Associations, Research Networks, Commissions, and Collegiate Groups. Member of the Interinstitutional Committee for Research in Stomatology. Secretary of Health. Mexico, 1990-2001; of the Examining Commission of the Dental Surgeon Career. FES-Zaragoza. Mexico, 2007-2020.

Among her outstanding contributions to the Dissemination of Research Work are the Manual of self-care. Oral Health in Diabetics. Luengas AI, Díaz FMA, Sáenz ML, Del Castillo MC, Tenorio TG. UAM Xochimilco Campus, Mexico, 2009; and Me quiero, me cuido! Authors: Luengas AMI, Sáenz MLP, Vergara ÁLA, García SJA. Ed. UAM Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico, 2018.

She has received the award for best original work published in the Bulletin of the Children's Hospital of Mexico. Federico Gómez in 2005, work: Línea Basal de Factores de Riesgo a Caries en Escolares. Mexico, 2006;
first place in the poster modality. "Dental health in preschoolers in Mexico City". XXI National and XII Iberoamerican Meeting of Research in Dentistry. Technological University of Mexico. Mexico, 2013; 3rd place in the poster paper competition. "Eruption process by thirds of maxillary premolars between 7 and 9 years of age". VIII International Meeting of Production of Services in Health Sciences and VI International Meeting of Dental Research. FES-Zaragoza. Mexico, 2015; first place in oral presentation. "Cariogram analysis to identify caries risk in a group of school children in Mexico City". XXVII National and XVIII Iberoamerican Meeting of Research in Dentistry. Autonomous University of Guadalajara. México, 2019.