Peri-implant soft tissue management: Non-Surgical treatment and Reconstruction Techniques

Periodontist and implantologist in exclusive private practice in Ferrara, Italy. Director of the International Master Program in Periodontology at Istituto Stomatologico Toscano (Unicamillus University Roma). Visiting Professor in Postgraduate Periodontology at the University of Turin School of Dentistry. Professor in the Master's Program in Oral Surgery and Pathology at the University of Parma, with a focus on guided bone regeneration.

Over four decades of clinical and academic activity in periodontology — from pioneering research on periodontal anatomy and root morphology to contemporary clinical practice in periodontal plastic surgery, GBR, peri-implant disease management, and regenerative approaches to infrabony and furcation defects. Author and co-author of more than 150 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and multiple book chapters and volumes on periodontology.

International lecturer at periodontal and implant congresses and master programs worldwide, across Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Australia. Former Professor of Periodontology at Ferrara University (1986–2000). Past President and Active Member of the Italian Society of Periodontology (SIdP).

MD, University of Ferrara (1978). DDS (Specialization in Dentistry), University of Genova (1981). MScD in Periodontology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (1984).

Dentist and registered dental hygienist in private practice in Ferrara (Italy), internationally recognized as one of the foremost authorities on non-surgical periodontal therapy and clinical instrumentation protocols. Uniquely bridges clinical periodontal practice with evidence-based instrumentation teaching, laser-assisted protocols, and peri-implant non-surgical management.

Author of three English-language books: Get Sharp: Nonsurgical Periodontal Instrument Sharpening (Quintessence), Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy: Indications, Limits, and Clinical Protocols with the Adjunctive Use of Diode Laser (Quintessence), and the atlas Peri-Implant Diseases: Surgical Treatments (Quintessence International, 2019). Co-author of multiple additional textbooks in dental hygiene and periodontology. Producer of a bilingual (Italian/English) DVD on diode laser use in non-surgical periodontal instrumentation.

Assistant Professor at the Master of Prosthetics and Implantology, Alma Mater Studiorum — Bologna University; the European Master Degree on Oral Laser Applications, Parma and Rome Universities; and the Master Degree in Oral Surgery and Pathology, Parma University.

DDS — Ferrara University; Registered Dental Hygienist — Forsyth School, Boston, USA; BA in Classical Literature — Bologna University.