Dr Manzo graduated with honors in Dentistry and Prosthodontics in 1997, with a thesis on the correlation between occlusion and posture. After graduation, he took several international courses on traditional and lingual orthodontics. In 2004, he specialized in Orthodontics and Gnathology cum laude. In 2007, he became Doctor of Dental Science at the University “Federico II” of Naples. From 2009 to 2016 he was Visiting Professor at the School of Specialization in Orthodontics at the same University.
He has been a Lecturer in Master’s Degree in Orthodontics at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, the University of Genoa and the “Bambin Gesù” Hospital in Rome. He is currently a visiting Professor at the School of Specialization in Orthodontics of the University of Ferrara and the University of Trieste.
He has been awarded the Certificate of Excellence and is therefore a member of the Italian Board of Orthodontics (I.B.O.) since 2007, the European Board of Orthodontics (E.B.O.) since 2011 and the European Board of Lingual Orthodontics (E.B.L.O.) since 2014. He has been President of Italian Academy of Orthodontics for 2020 and President of Leading Alliance Society (European board Italian members) from 2018 to 2020. He is currently Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Academy of Orthodontics (AIdOR). He was a member of the Board of the Italian Dental Association from 2010 to 2014 and of the European Federation of Orthodontics from 2011 to 2015. In 2016, he was Scientific Coordinator of the Italian Academy of Orthodontics.
Dr Manzo is an international speaker and teaches courses and lectures and collaborates in postgraduate and Masters University programs worldwide on a wide range of topics, including interdisciplinary treatments, lingual orthodontics, low-friction treatment and self ligating, skeletal and non-skeletal class II therapy, biomechanics, and skeletal anchors.
He is the author and co-author of articles published in international scientific literature and scientific editorials, interviews and posters with which he has won awards and passed competitions. He began his clinical practice in 1998 and established his practice in 2000, and in 2015 he converted his practice into a high-tech clinic by selecting a large team of highly skilled dental doctors and paramedics over the years. His practice is limited to orthodontics and cranio-mandibular disorders and, through the coordination of his team of doctors, he treats complex and interdisciplinary cases with innovative approaches and protocols.