Graduated in Dentistry in Trieste, part-time Associate Researcher University of Turku (Finland) (1991-1997) Specialist in Periodontology and Implantology, Jönköping (Sweden)(1993-1996). Private practice limited to Periodontology and Implantology. Lecturer at post-graduated courses in Periodontology, Master courses in Implantology (Modena, Padova, Roma, Bologna), international and national congresses. Senior clinical teaching instructor at the University of Manchester (2007-2011). Adjunct Professor at the University Vita e Salute San Raffaele ( Milano); scientific advisor in Periodontology and Stomatologic research – Dentistry Department San Raffaele ( Milano). Active member of the Italian Academy Osseointegration (IAO). Certified Member of the Italian Society of Periodontology (SidP), Member of editorial board of Rivista Italiana di Stomatologia (RIS) and of the European Journal of Oral Implantology (EJOI). Ad hoc reviewer for Clinical Oral Implant Research and Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. Author and Co-author for Cochrane Reviews and of several articles in peer-reviewed journals and of book chapters. She was Vice National Cultural Secretary of the National Association of Italian Dentist (ANDI) and is a Member of the Board of Women in Dentistry of the International Dental Federation (FDI) and of the Comitee for the Continuing Education of the FDI. She gives private theoretical and practical courses on Periodontology and Implantology in her Private Practice.