Francesco Cairo

Francesco Cairo is Professor of Periodontology and Director of the Master Program in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry (accredited by the European Federation of Periodontology, EFP) at Florence University in Florence, Italy, where he also serves as Head of the Research Unit in Periodontology and Periodontal Medicine. He is President of the Italian Society of Periodontology and Implantology (SIdP) for 2024–25 and currently acts as the EFP delegate for SIdP. He has authored more than 120 original articles in international peer-reviewed journals, with over 7,000 citations and an H-index of 43. His achievements have been recognised with several prestigious international clinical research awards, including the H. Goldman Prize from SIdP, the Jaccard Prize from the EFP, and the R. Earl Robinson Award from the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP). He is also the author of PerioEsthetics, a recently published international book on aesthetic and reconstructive periodontal and peri-implan