Implantation without peri-implantitis

Dental Degree, Ferrara University, Italy. Registered Dental Hygienist, Forsyth School, Boston, U.S.A., Bachelor Degree in Classical Literature, Bologna University, Italy.

Assistant Professor: Master of Prosthesis and Implantology, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna University; European Master Degree on Oral Laser Applications, Parma University and Rome University, and Master Degree in Oral Surgery and Pathology, Parma University.

3 English published books: "Get sharp" and "non-surgical periodontal therapy, indications, limits and clinical protocols with the additional use of diode laser " and an Atlas text: “Peri-implant diseases: Surgical Treatments, 2019 by Quintessense International ed, “Peri-implant diseases: Non-Surgical Protocols” on press, 2020. It has also released a DVD, in Italian and English, on the use of diode laser, associated with nonsurgical periodontal instrumentation.

Dr. Dirk U. Duddeck received his degree in Dental Medicine in 1992 from Heidelberg University where he subsequently worked as an Assistant Dentist at the Heidelberg University Clinic for Mouth, Jaw and Facial Surgery. In 1999, he founded a leading continuing education and consulting firm in the dental field. From 2007 to 2015, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Polyclinic for Oral Surgery and Implantology and the Polyclinic for Mouth, Jaw, and Facial Plastic Surgery in Cologne. He conducted numerous studies there on the surface analysis of implants and peri-implatitis therapy.

He has been Director of the European Academy of Dental Implantology and Program Director of the independent Medical Materials Research Institute MMRI based in Berlin since 2014. In addition, he leads the Clean Implant Foundation, a worldwide initiative whose focus is investigating the quality of dental implants.

Professor of Periodontology in UCM. Past President of the Spanish Society of Periodontology, The European Federation of Periodontology and the European Federation of the International Association for Dental Research.

Honorary Professor at Dublin Dental Hospital, Hong Kong University and Blekinge Institute of Technology. Has been studying peri-implantitis for over 20 years.