Oreste Iocca, DDS, gained his doctor of dental surgery degree, summa cum laude, at Magna Graecia University in Catanzaro, Italy. He subsequently attended the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Bologna, Italy. Dr. Iocca is a graduate of New York University College of Dentistry, Advanced Program for International Dentists in Oral Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, where he still actively collaborates. He lectured nationally and internationally on topics related to clinical periodontology and implant dentistry. In addition to his private practice in Oral Surgery and Implantology, he is currently involved in research projects at the International Medical School of La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy. Dr. Iocca research interests focus on the treatment of the periodontally compromised patient, bone regeneration procedures, oral medicine and advanced statistical techniques applied to Evidence-Based Medicine and Dentistry.