Dr. Raffaele Spena

– Degree in Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria at the II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia,Napoli in 1984

– Certificate in Orthodontics in 1988 at the Dental School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
– Specialty in Orthodontics at the University of Ferrara in 2003
– Involved in several research and clinical projects, from the nonextraction therapy with dr. Norman Cetlin to the Periodontally Facilitated Orthodontics
– Leader in Europe and in Italy of the CCO System Team
– He is a national and international speaker and has several publications on both Italian and international orthodontic journals
– Invited lecturer at both Italian and international meetings
– Atlas about “Il trattamento senza estrazioni”(Nonextraction technique) published in 1988
– In 2000, he published with the drs. R.L.Vanarsdall and N.M. Cetlin a chapter “Nonextraction Treatment” in the textbook “Orthodontics – Current principles and techniques” by T.M.Graber e R.M.Vanarsdall. Updated chapters, written with the same co-authors, have been included in the new editions (2006 & 2011) of the same book edited by Graber, Vanarsdall and Vig
– In 2002 he published “Nonextraction Treatment: an atlas on Cetlin’s mechanics” edited by Fenske Media Corporation
– Adjunct Clinical Professor at the Orthodontic Department of the Dental School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1988 to 2000
– Adjunct Clinical Professor at the University of Parma from 1996 to 2000
– Clinical Professor at the University of Ferrara since 2003
– Member of the American Association of Orthodontists, Accademia Italiana di Ortodonzia, European Society of Orthodontics, Società Italiana di Ortodonzia, World Federation of Orthodontists
– President of the Accademia Italiana di Ortodonzia in 2010
– Scientific Secretary of the same society in 2008-2009
– Active member of the Angle Society of Europe since 2005
– Recipient of the Italian Certificate of Excellence in Orthodontics in 2001 and member of the European Board of Orthodontics since 2008
– Private practice in orthodontics in Napoli since 1989