**About the Editor**

**Gaetano Isola** is an Assistant Professor at the University of Catania, Catania, Italy. He qualified in Dentistry in 2009 at the University of Messina, Italy. He completed his Ph.D. in "Physiopathology of the Stomatognathic Apparatus and Dental Materials" at the University of Turin, Turin, Italy. He was a visiting Research Fellow at the "Laboratory the Study of Calcified Tissues and Biomaterials" at the Department of Periodontology Universite de Montr ´ eal, Canada, Advanced Course in Periodontology ´ at the University of Ferrara, the Master Course in Periodontology at the University of Verona, and the three-year certificate in Oral Surgery at the University of Naples "Federico II". He was a Visiting Professor at the Department of Periodontology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA and the Department of Oral Surgery of the University of Granada, Spain. He was a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Implantology and Oral Surgery at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and the Department of Periodontology of the "Eastman Dental Institute", London. He also obtained the National Scientific Qualification of Associate Professor for the Academic Discipline of Odontostomatology, Sector 06/F1, Italian Minister of University and Research (MIUR). Dr. Isola has been a recipient of many research awards, among others the "Global Peer Review Awards" of the Web of Science Group, and the "Travel Grant Award 2020" and "Outstanding Reviewer Award 2019" from MDPI Publishing, and he was selected for the "IADR Robert Frank Junior Award" CED-IADR/NOF Oral Health Research Association and the "USERN 2020 award", Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN). He is an active member of the Italian Society of Oral Surgery (SIdCO) and the International Piezoelectric Surgery Academy (IPA). He is a Board Member of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) and a member of the Italian Society of Periodontology (SIdP). He is also an active member of the "International IADR Constitution Committee" of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) (2016–2019 and 2019–2022). He has served as an advisor for several research projects and has been a speaker at national and international Periodontology and Oral Surgery conferences. He is an author of over 100 national and international peer-reviewed publications. His main research interests focus on the clinical, biological, and pharmacological aspects of periodontitis, and the relationship between oral health and systemic health.
