Lorenzo Tavelli, DDS, MS is full-time assistant professor at the Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Division of Periodontology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, and a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology (ABP).
He graduated from the University of Milan and then he completed his three-year residency in Periodontics and his Master of Science at the University of Michigan. Dr. Tavelli joined then the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at University of Michigan as a clinical lecturer for 1 year before moving to the Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Division of Periodontology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston where he is currently a full-time assistant professor. Dr. Tavelli’s main focus in clinical research and daily practice is microsurgical and minimally invasive soft tissue grafting procedures around teeth and dental implants, where he has been pioneering the use of novel technologies – such as Power Doppler Ultrasonography – for assessing tissue perfusion changes and the surgical outcomes. Dr. Tavelli has been extensively lecturing worldwide on these topics at the main scientific symposia. He has published more than 100 scholarly publications in the main international peer-reviewed journals while serving as associate editor for Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research and as a reviewer for several well-known journals in periodontics and implant dentistry.
He was the recipients of several research awards, such as the 2022 American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Foundation Nevins Clinical Research Fellowship, the 2021 Goldman Clinical Research award from the Italian Society of Periodontology, the 2020 AAP Balint Orban Research Competition, the 2019 AAP Foundation School Research Award, the first prize at the research competition at the 2020 National Osteology Symposium and the first prize at the research competition at the 3rd International Symposium on Soft tissue management around teeth and implant in Florence, among others.