Alveolar corticotomy: a different perspective

Orthodontist in full-time private practice in Naples, Italy, with 40 years of clinical experience in non-extraction and interdisciplinary orthodontic treatment. A recognized international authority on non-extraction orthodontic protocols, skeletal anchorage, and active self-ligation.

Co-author of the Non-Extraction Treatment chapter in Orthodontics: Current Principles and Techniques, edited by T.M. Graber and R.L. Vanarsdall (Elsevier, 2000), with updated contributions to the 2005, 2011, and 2016 editions — one of the most widely used orthodontic reference textbooks worldwide. Author of the atlas Il trattamento senza estrazioni (1998) and its English-language edition Nonextraction Treatment (2002). Author of numerous publications in Italian and international peer-reviewed journals; reviewer for Italian and international orthodontic journals.

Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor — University of Pennsylvania, Department of Orthodontics (1988–2000). Professore a contratto — University of Parma (1996–2000); University of Ferrara (since 2003). Italian Board of Orthodontics (2001); European Board of Orthodontics (2008). President of AIDO — Italian Academy of Orthodontics (2010). Program Chair of the Angle Society of Europe (ASE, 2015).

DDS — University of Naples (1984); Specialty in Orthodontics — University of Pennsylvania (1988); Specialty in Orthodontics — University of Ferrara (2003). Active Member of AIDO, AAO, SIDO, WFO, EOS, and Angle Society of Europe (since 2005). Leader in Italy and Europe for the CCO System.