D.D.S., F.A.D.I. Specialist in Orthodontics PhD in Experimental Surgery and Microsurgery Associate Professor at the University of Parma (Italy) Instructor of the ''Advanced Course in Edgewise Mechanics "at the Charles H Tweed Foundation Tucson (AZ), USA Regular Member of the Charles H. Tweed International Foundation for Orthodontic Research Referee of the “Cochrane Oral Health Group" Manchester for Temporomandibular Disorders” Full member and Past National Representative for Italy in the Council of the European Academy of Craniomandibular Disorders (EACD) Past President of the Italian Society of Dentistry in Sleep Medicine (SIMSO) and of the Italian Society for Orofacial Pain end TMD (SIDA) Member of the European Continuing Education Program for East Europe for temporomandibular disorders, orofacial pain and dentistry in sleep medicine Italian Board of Orthodontics (IBO) Certificate Active member of the Italian Society of Orthodontics (SIDO)