Dr. Paolo Vigolo gained a first class honours degree cum laude in Dentistry in 1986 from the University of Padova (Italy). In 1987 he won the "G.F.Cattozzo" scholarship, which allowed him to spend six months in the Department of Restorative Dentistry of Tufts University, Boston. From 1988 to 1991 he was once again in the United States, where he obtained a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Prosthodontics and became Master of Science in Dentistry (Prosthodontics), both from Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine. Since 1991, on his return to Italy, he has run his own dental clinic in Vicenza, where he is principally concerned with dental prostheses and implantology. Since 2000 he is part-time Assistant Professor of Periodontal-Prosthetics at the Department of Clinical Odontostomatology for the degree course in Dentistry at the University of Padova. In 1992 he was assigned second place in the Annual Research Award of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics. In 2001 he won the Judson C. Hickey Award in the Clinical Science and Research Category organised by the Editorial Council of The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. Dr. Vigolo is the author of numerous publications in the field of prosthetics and implants.