Graduated in Dentistry at the University of Catania with first-class honours (110/110 cum laude), with a thesis entitled “Analysis of the response to two pharmacological protocols in patients with oral Lichen Planus: experimental study”. Three-year post-degree diploma in Orthodontics at the University of L'Aquila, Italy, with first-class honours (50/50 cum laude), with the Thesis entitled: “Tooth automatic segmentation from CBCT images”. PhD in “Basic and Applied Biomedical Sciences” at the University of Catania. Subject Expert in “Oral Pathology and Medicine” and Research Fellow in Oral Diseases at the University of Catania. Involved in several research projects in the field of Oral Pathology and Medicine, Periodontology, Orthodontics, and the clinical applications of Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry. Actually member of the Italian Society of Oral Pathology and Medicine (SIPMO), European Association of Oral Medicine (EAOM), Italian Society of Odontostomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery (SIOCMF), International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and aggregate member of the Italian Association of Dentists (AIO).