SILVIO MARIO MELONI (DDS, PhD, MS) 
Associated Professor School of Dentistry , University of Sassari, Italy. In 2002 he  graduated in Dentistry at the University of Sassari, in 2008 he obtained at the same University a PhD in Preventive Odontostomatology and in 2009 the Master of Science in Oral Surgery. In 2012 he completed the gIDE / UCLA One-year Master Clinician Program In Implant Dentistry, at UCLA University, Los Angeles where he was awarded with the Award: 1st Place Top Honors in Implant Dentistry. From 2010 to 2017 he was adjunct professor and assistant professor of Periodontology and Implantology. From 2018-2021 he was Assistant Professor of the aforementioned courses.  From December 2021 he became Associated Professor at the School of Dentistry, University of Sassari.In the 2013 he was the first Italian to obtaine  the EAO Certificate for fundamental skills and knowledge in implant based therapy, awarded by the Board of the European Association for Osseointegration. In 2019 he won the Aesculapius Research Prize, awarded by the University of Florence at the VII Aesculapius Colloquium. He is international speaker on issues related to implant surgery, and author of several research projects and scientific publications with high impact factor. Formely active member of the Italian Society of Osseointegrated Implantology, (SIO), active member of the Italian Academy of Osseointegration (IAO), formerly Active Member of European Association for Osseointegration (EAO Certified), active member of the Computer Aided Academy (CAI Academy). He was also the creator of the innovative Computer Guided Bone Regeneration method. Over the years he has trained several dentists in his courses on implant and regenerative dentistry based on clinical and scientific evidences.