Dr. Pierluigi Balice, obtained his Doctorate in Dental Surgery (DDS) Summa Cum Laude from the University of Bari, Italy, his country of origin. Dr. Balice completed his three-year specialty training at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine where he received a Certificate in Periodontics and a Master of Dental Science degree. Dr. Balice is a Board-Certified Periodontist and Dental Implant Surgeon by the American Board of Periodontology. Dr. Balice served as a full-time Clinical Professor in the department of Periodontics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry. He directed the predoctoral periodontics course and taught periodontics and implant dentistry on a post-graduate level. He also obtained a second DDS degree in the same University making him dual licensed in the US and Europe. Dr. Balice lectures nationally and internationally. He is author of book chapters in the treatment of peri-implantitis disease and dental implants biomechanics and serves as a member in several dental organizations in the US and Europe. His practice is limited to periodontics, dental implants and sedation dentistry in the Boston Metro area. He is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish.