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Graduated in 1988 with a degree in dentistry from the University of Bologna, Italy Professor Giovanni Zucchelli was awarded a PhD in medical biotechnology from the same university. He was a full professor of periodontology and implantology at the University of Bologna, Italy and president of the Italian Academy of Osteointegration (IAO). He currently holds the role of visiting professor at the University of Bern, Switzerland. He is an associate editor of The International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry and serves on the editorial boards for multiple other journals (eg. The International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry, International Journal of Oral Implantology). He has received numerous awards, including the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation E. Bud Tarrson Research Award in Oral Plastic Surgery. Professor Zucchelli is an active member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED), the Società Italiana di Parodontologia e Implantologia (SIdP), the Italian Academy of Osseointegration (IAO), and the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP). He is an honorary member of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) and received the honoris causa from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Professor Zucchelli, speaker at major Italian and international conferences, is the author of more than 160 scientific publications in the field of periodontics and implantology and the bestseller Mucogingival Esthetic Surgery published by Quintessence Publishing in 2013 and translated into 12 languages, and coauthor of two illustrated textbooks and the chapter “Mucogingival Therapy – Periodontal Plastic Surgery” in Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2015. He recently released the book Mucogingival Esthetic Surgery Around Implants, published by Quintessence Publishing and already translated into eight languages.