Team: Dentists

jacopocastelnuovo [at] cordental [dot] it

Dr Jacopo Castelnuovo graduated from the University of Rome,Tor Vergata, School of Dentistry in 1992. From 1994 to1996 he was enrolled in the Combined Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry Postgraduate Program, at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, California, USA where he also conducted extensive research at the Biomaterials Research Center.

In 1999 he completed a three-year Postgraduate Program in Prosthodontics at the University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, Washington where he received a Certificate in Prosthodontics and a M.S.D. degree. As a Diplomate of the American Dental National Board and Western Regional Board, he maintains a State of Washington Dental License.

He is an active member of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics (AAFP), and American Academy of Restorative Dentistry (AARD), of the Italian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (IAED), and is a Fellow of The International College of Dentists (ICD). He lectures extensively both nationally and internationally.

He practices in Rome at the COR-Center for Oral Rehabilitation.

cristianofabiani [at] cordental [dot] it

Born in Rome in 1964, he graduated cum laude in dentistry from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 1989.From 1990-1993 he collaborated (as a clinician and teacher) at the Department of Endodontics of Boston University, directed by Prof. H. Schilder, obtaining the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Endodontics and a Master of Science in Dentistry (Endodontics) producing an original research work. During the academic year of 1995-96 he directed the Endodontics Course in the specialization program of Periodontics at the University of Padua. In 2003, he won, together with Dr. Franco, the Garberoglio Prize for the best Scientific Work at the XXIV Congress of the Italian Society of Endodontics. He is a speaker at national and international congresses and lectures, and author of several publications. Active member of the AIOM (Italian Academy of Microscopic Dentistry) and member of the commission for accepting new active members, as well as member of the commission for developing guidelines. Active member of SIE (Italian Society of Endodontics) and member of the scientific editorial board for the Italian Journal of Endodontics, as well as member of the commission for developing guidelines. He currently practices Endodontics in Rome.

ayseburcinsonmez [at] cordental [dot] it

Dr.ssa Burcin SONMEZ was born in Turkey in 1986, and earned her dental degree in 2009 from the Yeditepe University School of Dentistry in Istanbul. In 2009 she joined the organizing committee for the Turkish Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EDAD) Congress , in Istanbul. From 2009 to 2010 she was enrolled in the first year of the Post Graduate Program in Pediatric Dentistry of the University of Istanbul School of Dentistry, before moving to Rome , Italy. In l 2012 she earned a Master’s Degree in Dentistry for the Growing Patient from the University of Rome- La Sapienza School of Dentistry, defending a thesis on “ Vitiated habits in the growing patient”. In 2014 she earned a PhD Degree in Dental and Oral Diseases from the University of Rome- La Sapienza School of Dentistry, defending a thesis on “ The role of lactobacillus brevis CD2 in reducing the risk for developing gengivitis ”. In 2013 she attended the Clinic of the University of Washington School of Dentistry Post Graduate Program in Pediatric Dentistry in Seattle, Wa , USA, as a visiting doctor. In 2013 she obtained the recognition of her Turkish dental degree by the Italian Ministry of Health with decree n.2011/497 enabling to engage in the practice of Dentistry in Italy. Since 2013 she has been a member of the Italian Dentists Association, Section of Rome. In 2016 she completed a one-year theoretical and clinical course in Orthodontics held by Dr Davide Mirabella on the subject “Straight Wire. Treatment Philosophy according to McLaughlin, Bennet, Trevisi: 15 years of standardized experience and its evolution”. In 2018 she earned a hands-on Clinical Master’s Degree from the University of Ferrara School of Dentistry in Orthodontics on the subject SWM Technique . She has published several scientific articles in peer reviewed international dental journals. She practices in Rome at the COR-Center for Oral Rehabilitation, limited to Othodontics and Pediatric Dentistry.

simoneverardi [at] cordental [dot] it

Dr. Verardi graduated from the School of Dentistry of the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1998, followed, in 2000, by a post-graduate Specialization in Regenerative Periodontal Surgery at the University of Naples Federico II. In 2001, he moved to the United States where he completed a three-year Specialization in Periodontics at the University of Washington, Seattle, in 2004. He also obtained a Master of Science in Dentistry at that same university. This was followed by an Assistant Professorship in the Department of Periodontics at the University of Washington, where he also carried out research in collaboration with the University of Rome La Sapienza. In 2004, he received First Prize for Outstanding Research in Periodontics from the California Society of Periodontists. In 2005, he passed the admission examinations of the American Board of Periodontology (Diplomate). He has published clinical and research papers in international journals and has been speaker in conferences both in Italy and the United States. He is a Reviewer for the Journal of Periodontology. He is President of the Schluger-Ammons Study Club, member of the American Academy of Periodontology, the Academy of Osseointegration, and the Societa’ Italiana di Parodontologia. He is also a docent of the Master in Periodontology of the University of Rome La Sapienza. He practices Periodontics in Rome.