Root coverage: complications and pitfalls

Periodontist and implantologist in private practice in Brasília and São Paulo (Brazil), with clinical focus exclusively on periodontal plastic and reconstructive surgery, soft tissue management around teeth and implants, and alveolar bone augmentation for aesthetic and functional implant site development.

First recipient of the inaugural Bud Tarson Award, granted by the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP, 2005) — one of the AAP's premier recognitions for outstanding clinical research in periodontics. Co-winner of the "Growth Against Recession" Aesthetic Case Competition (2011). Author and co-author of multiple peer-reviewed articles and book chapters with emphasis on periodontal tissue management around teeth and implants. Co-author of the books Reconstrução Tecidual Estética (2009, published in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian) and PerioImplantodontia Estética (2016, published in Portuguese, English, and Spanish) — both recognized as key references in aesthetic perioplastic surgery in the Portuguese-speaking world.

Professor at ImplantePerio Institute — a research and advanced postgraduate training center in São Paulo. DDS — Uberlândia Federal University (1994); Board Certification in Periodontics — Brazilian Dental Association, Brasília (1997); MSc — Piracicaba Dental School, Campinas University (2002); PhD — Piracicaba Dental School, Campinas University (2004).