Giovanni Zucchelli (Italy)

Giovanni Zucchelli DDS., Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Periodontics at the University of Bologna School of Dentistry. He received his DDS in Dentistry and his Ph.D. in Medical Biotechnology from Bologna University. Since 2000 Professor Zucchelli has been a faculty member at Bologna University Dental School and Coordinator of the Dental Hygiene degree.

He has also served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Milan San Raffaele Dental School and the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Since 2017 he has been the Director of the postgraduate Master courses in “Soft tissue management around teeth and implants” and “Periodontology and implantology.” He is a past president of the Italian Association of Osteointegration.

Currently, he is an active member of the Italian Society of Periodontology and Implantology, a member of the expert council of the Osteology Foundation, and an ITI fellow. He is a member of the board of several scientific journals and has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles in soft tissue management. He also published two books regarding this topic and several chapter books.

He was appointed by the “Edward Bud Tarson” prize by the AAP Foundation, the “J. George Coslet” prize by Penn University, and Honorary membership of the American Academy of Periodontology. In 2023 he received the Honorary Degree from Buenos Aires University. He is an international lecturer and maintains a private practice in Bologna limited to Periodontology and Implantology.