Dr. Silvia Rapa - DDS, MS - attended the 3 years postgraduate program at the Orthodontic Department of the University of Milan where she obtained her Master of Science Degree with full marks and honor in 2009. Since 2011 she has been working in Parma in the Face-Ortho Surgical Center with her partner Dr. Renato Cocconi. Her main interest is digital planning applied in interdisciplinary and ortho surgical treatments both with fixed appliance and aligners. 
She is Visiting Professor at the Department of Orthodontics of the University of Milan (a.y. 23/24 - 24/25). She is Visiting Professor at the Department of Orthodontics of the University of Padova (a.y. 24/25). She has participated as lecturer in several orthodontic meetings and directs a full course on digital planning and biomechanics applied to aligner orthodontics [AlignersXp]. She is a member of the European Board of Orthodontists (EBO).
 She is a member of the European Board of Aligner Orthodontics (EBAO).