Lucrezia Paternò Holtzman
Dr. Lucrezia Paternò Holtzman graduated from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy where she received her DDS degree. In 2016 she attended a three-year full-time specialty program in periodontics and implant dentistry at Tufts University, Boston USA. She obtained her Master of Science in Oral Biology from the same institution in 2016. She then attended a full-time fellowship in Implant-Periodontal-Prosthodontics (IPP) at the University of Maryland in Baltimore (USA) in 2016 - 2017. The following year she returned to Italy as an ITI Scholar at G. Eastman Dental Hospital. She currently maintains a private practice in Rome, Italy and works as a Research Assistant at G. Eastman Dental Hospital, Department of Periodontics and Prosthodontics, under the direction of Dr. Cordaro. She is currently the Chair of the European Academy of Osseointegration (EAO) Junior Committee and a member of the Young ITI Global group as well as a certified member of the Italian Society of Periodontology (SIdP).
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Feature Article
The 7th ITI Consensus Conference was held in Lisbon, May 2023. A total of five areas in the field of implant dentistry were identified to be addressed and covered, each assigned to a specific working group. The topic assigned to Group 4 was “patient benefits”. The group prepared three systematic reviews entitled 1) “Treatment effect of implant-supported fixed complete dentures and implant overdentures on patient-reported outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis”; 2) “Oral function in completely edentulous patients rehabilitated with implant-supported dental prostheses: A systematic review and meta-analysis”; and 3) “Effect of dental implant therapy on the preservation of orofacial tissues: A systematic review and meta-analysis”.