Maurizio Tonetti

Joint project author

Maurizio Tonetti is clinical professor of periodontology at the Faculty of Dentistry of Hong Kong University and executive director of the European Research Group on Periodontology (ERGOPerio).

Previously, Prof Tonetti was professor and head of the department of periodontology at the School of Dental Medicine of the University of Connecticut. He has also served as professor and head of the departments of periodontology at University College London, the University of Bern, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology.

Regarding his clinical activity, as a specialist in periodontology Prof Tonetti maintains a part-time private practice limited to periodontology and implant surgery with an emphasis on regeneration, minimally invasive surgery, and microsurgery. He has been working for years with leading colleagues to provide periodontal care and dental-implant treatment to the world elite.,

His recent research activity has concentrated on three areas: (1) improved understanding of periodontal infections and their consequences for general health; (2) regeneration and bioengineering of lost periodontal structures; and (3) replacement of irretrievable teeth with dental implants. His research team’s work ranges from fundamental discovery to clinical translation.

Prof Tonetti is widely recognised for his contributions to improved periodontal diagnosis and risk assessment, the control of periodontitis, the practice of periodontal regeneration, and the design and execution of large clinical trials in periodontology and implant dentistry. His scientific work has been cited more than 24,000 times and has an H-factor of 82. He has been engaged worldwide in the planning and delivery of advanced educational programmes in the fields of periodontology and implant dentistry.

Maurizio is joint author of the second part of guidance note 2, Periodontitis: clinical decision tree, download and read this here.