Francesca Vailati

After receiving her medical degree from the University of Bari (Italy) in 1996, Dr. Vailati left Europe to pursue her dental education in the United States.

In 2000 she received her dental degree from the University of Pennsylvania (USA) and in 2003, she earned a certificate in Prosthodontics along with a M.S.D. degree from the University of Connecticut (USA).

Returning to Europe in 2003, she joined the department of Fixed Prosthodontic headed by Prof. Urs Belser at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), where she remains as a senior lecturer, under the leadership of Prof. Irena Sailer.

She is responsible for the Geneva Erosion Study, a clinical study where very compromised patients are restored following the principles of minimally to non-invasive dentistry.

Dr. Vailati maintains a part-time private practice in Geneva, dedicated to aesthetic and functional non-invasive dentistry and prosthodontics.

She has contributed several articles in the field of restorative dentistry and implantology and lectures on a variety of topics related to full mouth adhesive rehabilitation and implant prosthodontics.

She is an ITI Fellow, and editor for the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry.