Prof. Dr. Marco Cicciu was born in Catania October 18, 1980. He received his scientific high school degree in July 1998. In the academic year 2002/03 he graduated in Dentistry with the score of 110 /110 cum laude at the University of Catania. He completed his PhD in Interceptive Orthodontics in 2006, at the University of Catania. Dr Marco Cicciu, completed two 6-month Fellowship on research at the Loma Linda University (from October 2007 to April 2008 and from November 2009 to May 2010), in order perform, on animals, experimental research of new carriers for the ' clinical application of growth factors, during which he received training to work on animals at the Animal Care Unit at Loma Linda University and Certificate of Research Training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He’s currently Visiting Professor at LLU. On 10 November 2009, he earned at the University of Milan Specialization in Oral Surgery with a score of 70/ 70 cum laude with a thesis entitled MSc "Using new carriers for the application of rhBMP2 bone defects in the jaw." Prof. Marco Cicciù is currently Associate Editor of the Journal Craniofacial Surgery. and Editor in Chief and of the “Prosthesis – MDPI” Journal. He’s Author of more then 250 international manuscript published on and international journals indexed on SCOPUS and PUBMED. From January 2021 he is Full Professor at the Dental School of the Messina University.