Apical surgery: for endodontists and surgeons

Dr. Gianluca Plotino graduated from the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, Italy, in 2002.

From 2005 to 2008, Plotino was Professor of Endodontics in the School of Dental Hygiene at the same university, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 2009.

Since 2009, he has been employed in the Department of Endodontics at the Sapienza University of Rome.

He runs his own private practice limited to endodontics and restorative dentistry in Rome.

Dr. Plotino has authored and co-authored more than 70 articles on various endodontic and restorative topics in international scientific peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to four chapters in textbooks and monographs. Plotino has given several lectures, workshops and hands-on courses worldwide.

Plotino is a certified member of the European Society of Endodontology, an international member of the American Association of Endodontists, and an active member of the Italian Society of Conservative Dentistry and the Italian Academy of Endodontics. 

Moreover, Plotino serves on the editorial boards of and is an official reviewer for several journals, and has organized several research groups worldwide.

Graduated with Lode in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics at the University of L’Aquila in 2007. Specializing in Oral Surgery at the «Sapienza» University of Rome in 2010. He is a Adjunct Professor and tutor at the San Raffaele University of Milan. He is a Scientific Advisor to the Dental Clinic at the Department of IRCCS San Raffaele in Milan (Dean Prof. E. Gherlone).

He works in Milan and Isernia, where he practices Implantoprotesis and Oral Surgery.

Author of many publications, Speaker in National and International Congresses on Implantology and Oral Surgery.

Member of the San Raffaele Implant Cultural Association, SIMO (Società Italiana Maxillo Odontostomatologica) and member of IAO (Italian Academy of Osseointegration). Member of International Extraction Academy of California.