Gérard M. Scortecci, DDS, PhD, is Scientific Director of the Postgraduate Basal Implantology Program at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis School of Medicine, France, Clinical Professor of Periodontology at the University of Southern California, USA, and Visiting Professor, New York University. He was President of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists from 2013 to 2017. Dr. Scortecci is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists (FACD) and the International College of Dentists (FICD) and a Diplomate of the International College of Oral Implantologists (FICOI). He has acted as an official examiner for competency in oral implantology (DGOI) and as a legal expert in odonto-stomatology. Dr. Scortecci has been a nominated expert for the French delegation to the International Standards Organization (ISO) for dental implants. He is the author of more than 200 publications in French and English, including 14 papers in peer-reviewed journals cited in PubMed and the bookImplants and Restorative Dentistry (Martin Dunitz, London, 2000).

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