Interview with Tiziano Baccetti

David NORMANDO, Gerson Luiz Ulema RIBEIRO, José Augusto M. MIGUEL, Marcos Alan Vieira BITTENCOURT, Weber URSI

The only child of a small family in Florence, Tiziano Baccetti grew up surrounded by the most important works of art of the Italian Renaissence. He always enjoyed writing and, in youth, worked as a reporter for a university newsletter. However, he ended up entering the University of Florence to study Dentistry. Nothing raised his interest much until the day when he started studying facial growth. At that time, he decided to go deep into it, and set out to take his PhD in the same university. Professor Baccetti’s passion for Dentofacial Orthopedics may still be felt today by those that attend any of his courses in dozens of countries around the world. In 1995, he started a partnership with the University of Michigan, where he is a visiting professor, without, however, resigning as a professor of the University of Florence. The talent of this professional, recognized as one of the best lecturers today, combined with his gift for writing resulted in the production of over 200 articles for major journals, 20 book chapters, as well as posters and abstracts published in conference annals. This year, he received one more award during the American Association of Orthodontics Annual Session. He gave the “Salzmann Lecture”, a space reserved for the leading exponents in the field. He is not only the youngest lecturer, but also the first Italian to have such honor. A great admirer of Brazil, he has been to this country four times and, just after returning from his last visit, is already planning to come back to Rio de Janeiro in 2012. His favorite topics, in addition to his six-year-old son Vittorio, are dental anomalies and the orthopedic treatment of Class II and III malocclusions, with special interest in optimal treatment timing, which led him to develop the cervical vertebral maturation (CVM) method to accurately determine the stages of skeletal development. With the help of four renowned professors, who contributed with questions, we have the opportunity to know a little more about this great professor, whose charisma and friendliness have rarely been surpassed in Orthodontics. José Augusto M. Miguel

How to cite: Baccetti T. Entrevista. Dental Press J Orthod. 2011 July-Aug;16(4):25-31.

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