Degree of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan in 1979. Specialization in Odontostomatology and Dental Prosthodontics at the University of Milan in 1982. From 1987 to 1994 Consultant Professor at the School of Specialization of Odontostomatology of the University of Milan.

Since 1996 Consultant Professor at the University of Parma Scientific Secretary and Founder of the Italian Society of Osseointegration. Member of the Board of the European Association for Osseointegration (EAO) since 1998. President of the EAO for the year 2001-2003. He works half time in his private practice, limited to periodontics and implant surgery, and half time professor at the University of Milan, department of periodontology and implant therapy. He published several papers and he is an international lecturer on the topic of osseointegration and guided bone regeneration.