Dr. Palacci received his DDS degree from Marseilles University, France, in 1975. He continued his postgraduate education in periodontology at Boston University from 1977 to 1981 and was appointed as a visiting professor at the university in 1982. Dr. Palacci is a private practitioner in Marseilles and heads the Brånemark Osseointegration Center in Marseilles, working in very closely with Prof. P-I Brånemark. He also works in Monaco together with Professor Claude Pallanca. He developed several techniques in relation with optimal implant positioning, papilla regeneration technique and esthetic implant dentistry. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and two textbooks published by Quintessence in 1995 and 2001. Dr. Palacci got the first NobelPharma Award in 1995. Dr. Palacci presently conducts a number of courses in his private clinic and has been invited as a speaker to scientific meetings all around the world.