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Orthodontist, gnathology specialist, clinic «The center of functional orthodontics and prosthesis». Member of the European Orthodontic Society. Member of the pediatric dentistry department with the course of maxillofacial surgery at the First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg. Chief editor of the «Orthodontics On-line» internet project. Author of series of seminars in orthodontics.

Dr. Gianluca Plotino graduated from the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, Italy, in 2002.

From 2005 to 2008, Plotino was Professor of Endodontics in the School of Dental Hygiene at the same university, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 2009.

Since 2009, he has been employed in the Department of Endodontics at the Sapienza University of Rome.

He runs his own private practice limited to endodontics and restorative dentistry in Rome.

Dr. Plotino has authored and co-authored more than 70 articles on various endodontic and restorative topics in international scientific peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to four chapters in textbooks and monographs. Plotino has given several lectures, workshops and hands-on courses worldwide.

Plotino is a certified member of the European Society of Endodontology, an international member of the American Association of Endodontists, and an active member of the Italian Society of Conservative Dentistry and the Italian Academy of Endodontics. 

Moreover, Plotino serves on the editorial boards of and is an official reviewer for several journals, and has organized several research groups worldwide.

Creator of the software T3do and DMA for Orthodontic treatment planning and mechanics design.

Dr. Fiorelli obtained his medical, dental, and orthodontic postgraduate degrees at the University of Siena in Italy.

He has also co-published with Prof. Birte Melsen the “Biomechanics in Orthodontics” multimedia software.

His main professional interests are orthodontic biomechanics, use of computers within the orthodontic practice, segmented arch technique and adult orthodontic treatment.

Orthodontics and Facial Orhtopedics Specialist.

PhD in Medical Sciences (Orthodontics and Facial Orhtopedics).

Member of the orthodontic society in Brazil, member of the World Orthodontics Federation.

Graduated as a dentist in 1995 at the the prestigious School of Dentistry of Piracicaba - UNICAMP, which is acknowledged as one of the best in Brazil and renowned for its excellence at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Latin America.

Went on to post graduate in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Sao Paulo - FOUSP / FUNDECTO.

Have been in private orthodontic practice since 2000, as well as being a course coordinator, instructor, and clinical professor for a mini-residency program in UPS as well as other Universities, including in other countries.

After some 10 years in practice, she decided that she wished to treat her son (a braquifacial skeletal Cl III without a face mask) as well as raise the level of excellence of her treatment and enrolled in various programs around the world in this pursuit. This journey led her to the courses in the USA, Taiwan, Korea, Germany, Colombia as well as the ones conducted by Professors Sadao Sato, Japan, and Rudolf Slavicek, Vienna, both giants in their respective disciplines.

She has lectured extensively all over the world, in private venues, International Orthodontic Meetings as well as at the prestigious Vienna School of Interdisciplinary Dentistry (VieSID), Vienna School of Medicine, where she is an instructor.

In her private practice in Brazil she has become renowned for treating the most difficult of malocclusions and disorders of the Craniomandibular system and is testimony to the dictum that we should be practising as Physicians of Occlusal Medicine of the Craniomandibular System.

She is proficient in GEAW (Gummetal edgewise archwire) technique which enable her to treat very complex malocclusions, many of which, most would have believed would have required surgery, as well as extra-alveolar TADs and MOPS (micro-osteoperforation) for bone remodeling and modeling.