Curriculum

Dorina Lauritano

CURRENT POSITION

Associate professor of Dentistry, Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

QUALIFICATIONS
1988 Degree in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics from the State University of Milan.
1999 Specialization in Orthodontics at the State University of Milan.

TECHING ACTIVITY
Professor of Reconstructive Dentistry and Endodontics in the degree courses in dentistry and dental prosthetics, dental hygiene of University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Professor of Reconstructive Dentistry and Endodontics in the degree course in dentistry and dental prosthetics at the Albanian University of Tirana, Albania.

MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY
• Deputy coordinator of the Degree Course in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics at the University of Ferrara.
• Member of the Teaching Board of the School of Specialization in Orthodontics.
• Erasmus contact person for the Degree Course in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics at the University of Ferrara.
• Contact person for issues relating to disability for the Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna.
• Member of the Credit Commission of the Degree Course in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics of the University of Ferrara.
• Member of the Teaching Board of the Doctorate in Advanced Therapies and Experimental Pharmacology of the University of Ferrara.
• Member of the Digital Dentistry Research Center of the University of Ferrara.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
• Publications: 264 articles in international scientific journals, 7357 citations and H-index of 52 (Scopus), 6 monographs, 57 book chapters, 93 abstracts from national and international conferences.
• Patent WO2018IB60248 20181218 entitled: “Coordination complexes having microbial activity and incorporable in hyaluronic acid compositions”.
• Invited speaker at 87 national and international conferences.

Main research projects
2016 CCM 2016 HPV in the head and neck area: epidemiological evaluation and proposal of a management model that can be transferred across the entire national territory".
2024 CCM 2024 Proposal for a path to take care of individuals in developmental age for the improvement of oral health, with particular attention to the prevention and treatment of carious pathology and oral-dental malocclusions.

Main research topics

• study of the relationships between soft tissues and hard tissues in implantology.
• study of the biological mechanisms of drug-induced gingival hyperplasia.
• caries prevention and screening in socially vulnerable subjects with difficult access to care.

CLINICAL ACTIVITY
• 2002-2014 Dorina Lauritano was responsible for the oral medicine and dentistry for leukemic children department at the San Gerardo hospital in Monza, Monza, Italy.
• She is currently responsible for the department of conservative dentistry and endodontics of the dental clinic at University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.