Graduated in Medicine in 1973 and specialized in Dentistry in 1977. From 1978 to 1980, he attended continuing education courses on Endodontics at Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry. His practice is limited to Endodontics. He is also the Past President of the Italian Endodontic Society, Past President of the International Federation of Endodontic Associations, an Active Member of the European Society of Endodontology and an Active Member of the American Association of Endodontists.

He is an Assistant Professor of Endodontics at the University of Cagliari and a Professor of Micro Surgical Endodontics at the University Federico II of Naples. He is also a teacher of Endodontics at the University of Siena and at the University of Brescia. As an international lecturer, he has given lectures in about 70 different countries all around the world.

He has published more than 60 articles on Endodontics in the most prestigious Endodontic Journals and has written chapters in several prestigious endodontic textbooks. He is the author of the textbook Endodontics, now available in Italian, English, Russian and soon also in Chinese, Macedonian and Turkish. He is also the author of Micro Surgical Endodontics, both edited by EDRA, and also available in several languages.

Has recently been nominated Assistant Professor of Endodontics at Boston University, Faculty of the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and Honorary Diplomate at the Indian Board of Endodontics of the Indian Endodontic Society.