Education

D.D.S. from Sapienza University of Rome, College of Dentistry, 1986

Master’s Degree in Orthodontics, from Cagliari University 1990

Associations

American Association of Orthodontists

European Orthodontic Association

World Federation of Orthodontics

Società Italiana di Ortodonzia (Secretary in the board of the society 2017-present)

Titles & Positions

Associate Professor of Orthodontics. Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome  Italy. 2000-present

Director of Orthodontics Specialty, post-graduate program. Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome  Italy.  2011-2019.

Director of the Graduation Course in Oral Hygiene. 2021 – present.

Director of Master course in Orthodontics and Gnatology. Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome  Italy.  2015-present.

Associate Editor for

BMC Oral Health

Biomed Research International

The Open Dentistry Journal (Guest Editor)

Materials (Guest Editor)

Bioengineering (Guest Editor)

Reviewer of manuscripts for

Angle Orthodontic

European Journal of Orthodontics

Progress in Orthodontics

Plose One

BMC Oral Health

Craniofacial and orthodontic research

Indian Journal of Dental Research

Acta Othorhinolaryngologica Italica

European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Scientific Reports – Nature

South European Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Research

International research collaboration

Team Member (orthodontist) to the European research program "Eurocleft 1996-2000".

Grants

PRIN 2004 : E' davvero possibile stimolare la crescita mandibolare con una terapia ortodontico-funzionale in pazienti con malocclusione di II classe scheletrica: sperimentazione clinica controllata - from 30-11-2004 to 17-09-2007

PRIN 2007: Verso una diagnostica senza radiazioni: la fotogrammetria tridimensionale per il monitoraggio della crescita e per l'indagine diagnostica delle malformazioni cranio facciali - from 22-09-2008 to 19-10-2011

Scores from Scopus

70 Documents by author

667 Citations by 574 documents

16 h-index

Author of the Monography: Genetics and Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. 2013, Edizioni Martina, Bologna, Italy

Author of the Chapter: “Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning in Orthodontics” in DIY Orthodontics, 2021, Quintessence Publishing Co,Inc., Batavia, IL