Pink Aesthetics: Recession and Gingival Smile Treatment

Periodontist, dental hygiene educator, and prevention management specialist, based in Cologne, Germany. Study Programme Director and Professor for Dental Hygiene and Prevention Management, Europäische Fachhochschule (EU|FH — European University of Applied Sciences), Cologne (since 2014 at praxisHochschule, continuously since 2020 at EU|FH) — director of Germany's first academic degree programme enabling dental hygienists and dental assistants to obtain a university-level specialization in dental hygiene and prevention management. Previously: Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany (14 years, 1998–2012); international clinical appointments at the Äskulap Interdisciplinary Clinic, Brunnen, Switzerland (geriatric dentistry, 2012–2013); and Danube Private University, Krems, Austria (2014).

Research interests include periodontal and peri-implant diagnostics, aMMP-8 salivary biomarker testing for personalised prevention of periodontal and peri-implant diseases, aerosol management in the dental practice, oral health in geriatric patients, and plastic reconstructive periodontal surgery with collagen matrices. Scientific advisor and webinar presenter for W&H Dentalwerk (Austria) and other international dental companies. Author of peer-reviewed publications in periodontology and preventive dentistry.

National and international lecturer on periodontal and peri-implant surgery, pink esthetics (mucogingival surgery), oral health coaching, aerosol management, and dental hygiene education.

DDS, University of Cologne (1993). Postgraduate specialization in Periodontology, Witten/Herdecke University (1998–2003).

Periodontist and implantologist in private practice in Rome, with clinical focus on periodontal surgery, implant placement in the aesthetic zone, soft tissue management, guided bone regeneration, and peri-implant plastic surgery. Clinical teaching centers on guided implantation protocols, papilla preservation and reconstruction around implants, connective tissue grafting techniques, and post-extraction implant site management.

DDS (cum laude) in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics — Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (1997). Further specialist training in implantology at the Istituto Stomatologico Italiano, Milan, and in periodontology and soft tissue management at the Università degli Studi di Pavia and with international mentors in Italy and abroad.

Active Member of the Italian Society of Osseointegrated Implantology (SIO) and the Italian Academy of Osseointegration (IAO). Author of scientific publications on implantology and periodontal surgery.

Oral surgeon in private referral practice in Rome, with clinical focus on implant surgery, peri-implant soft tissue management, and oral reconstructive procedures. Recognized for practical teaching on Pink Esthetic Score (PES)-driven implant protocols — the assessment framework for evaluating peri-implant soft tissue aesthetics around single-tooth implant restorations — and on systematic approaches to soft tissue harvesting and shaping around implants and natural teeth.

Active Member of the Italian Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry (AIOP) and the Italian Society of Periodontology and Implantology (SIdP).

DDS; Specialist in Oral Surgery — Italy.

Periodontist;

Professor and Head, Departament of Periodontology, BEO Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil.