Mario Roccuzzo is Lecturer in Periodontology and a member of the attending staff of the Division of Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Torino, Italy. He is an active member of the Italian Society of Periodontology and serves on the editorial board of Clinical Oral Implants Research, International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry, and the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry. He has been invited to lecture in more than 30 countries of all continents and maintains a private practice limited to Periodontology and Implantology in Torino. His list of accomplishments include being awarded for the best clinical presentation on implants in periodontally compromised patients at the 2009 EAO Congress in Montecarlo, and judged the best published research article on the same subject by the DGP (German Society of Periodontology) in 2010, as well being awarded Winner of the 2013 Osteology Clinical Research Prize for his work on Long-term stability of soft tissues around implants  following ridge preservation.