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“…to promote anddisseminate knowledge
on all aspects of implantdentistry and related
tissue regeneration througheducation and research
to the benefit of
the patient.”

Facts & Figures 2011

Contents

GlobalIn 2011, the ITI added a new Section that currently represents
11 countries in South East Asia.

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Fellows & Members
At the end of 2011, the ITI had 2,068 Members more andexpanded its Fellow base to 801.
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7,915

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Expenditure
The ITI continued to invest in education and research to a totalof more than 23 million Swiss francs.
Expenditure
ITI Foundation and ITI Association(in CHF 1,000)

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President’s Report
ITI Education Core Groupand Committee
New Fellows
ITI Study Club Core Groupand Commitee
ITI Research Committee
ITI University Programs Committee
ITI Scholarship Committee
ITI Section & Membership Core Groupand Committee
Honorary Fellowship in 2011

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Argentine & Uruguayan Section
Australasian Section
Austrian Section
Belgian Section
Brazilian Section
Canadian Section
Chinese Section
Danish Section
Dutch Section
Finnish Section
French Section
German Section
Hellenic Section
Iberian Section
Italian Section
Japanese Section
Korean Section
Mexican Section
Middle East Section
South East Asian Section
Southern African Section
Swedish Section
Swiss Section
Taiwanese Section
Turkish Section
UK & Irish Section
US Section

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The rapid spread of digital media and communication has greatly
facilitated the work and the objectives of the ITI as well as opening up
many new possibilities. However, the value of face-to-facecommunication, not only among dental professionals, Fellows andMembers at education events, but also at regular meetings ofthe ITI Board of Directors, Committees and Leadership Teams cannot
be underestimated.

Wide rangeof benefits

Having started out in 1980 as an interdisciplinary group of 12 men with a vision for
the future of implant dentistry, in the intervening years the ITI has grown into a leading
authority in the field. By the end of 2011,
well over 10,000 Fellows and Members had
become part of the dynamic and continuously
growing network that is the ITI today.
Back in the 80s, implant dentistry was a field
in which the basic principles of osseointegration were only just being introduced andaccepted. The ITI, then based in Waldenburg,
Switzerland was led by André Schroeder andFritz Straumann, who championed research
into functional ankylosis, as it was termedby André Schroeder, in combination with theprinciple of evidence-based results.
Given the relative newness of the field, the
ITI was involved in three main areas: research,development and education. To support
development, the ITI set up a committee thatoffered its expertise towards the developmentof implants and implant devices. In recent
years, as the regulations surrounding development have become stricter and more formal,
the ITI has withdrawn from this activity toconcentrate more fully on its two other mainareas of interest: education and research.
Since 1988, the ITI has been funding grants forresearch into implant-dentistry-related fields
and has invested more than CHF 36 million todate, making it the largest, non-governmental
funding organization in this field. Currently,
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the ITI Research Committee on a biannual
basis and membership of the ITI is not a precondition for selection.
Education is an area in which the ITI has been
active since the organization was founded.
While implant dentistry has established itself
as a valid and valuable therapy option, the ITI
has increasingly turned towards providing tools
and measures to support implant dentistryeducation. This ranges from regular national
congresses to the ITI World Symposium thatbrings together key opinion leaders fromthe field every three to four years for a programof cutting-edge presentations. It also covers
the publications issued by the ITI, including
the Treatment Guide series of reference books,
and the SAC Classification in Implant Dentistry
as well as the organization’s biannual journal,
Forum Implantologicum.
In addition to the above, the ITI also provides
courses in cooperation with selected universities and institutions around the world. ITI
Education Weeks are currently offered in sevenlocations and provide between four and sevendays of intensive teaching involving theory,
observation and practice along with discussion
and ample time for networking.
For young professionals, the ITI has set up a
year-long Scholarship program at its 19 Scholar­
ship Centers around the world. This program
gives an opportunity to gain experience in
implant dentistry and also fosters international
exchange for 25 professionals each year.

Largest
international
academic network
in implantdentistry

A further educational format is found in the
ITI Study Clubs and their three to four meetings
per year in groups of up to 30 members.
ITI Study Clubs are found in virtually every
country where the ITI has Members. The overwhelming success of this education format canbe attributed in large part to its local availability and informal setting that lends itself toeasy exchange among the participants.
All the above educational activities areplanned and developed by the Education CoreGroup, University Programs Committee,
Scholarship Committee and Study Club CoreGroup. In addition, many activities are also
carried out by the ITI’s 27 regional and country
Sections.
The interests of the Members and Sections
are taken care of by the Section & MembershipCore Group, ensuring that membership value
remains constant and that Sections receive
optimal support in budgeting their activities
in line with Association requirements.
The six ITI Committees report to the ITI Boardof Directors that is responsible for long-term
strategy and decision-making, while the ITICenter takes care of daily operational tasks.
The Committees and Board of Directors are all
made up of ITI Fellows who offer their time andcommitment on a voluntary basis and out ofa sense of conviction for the ITI’s principles ofevidence-based science and long-term results.
By the end of 2011, the ITI had grown to
801 Fellows and 9,983 Members.

More than
CHF 36 million
investedin research

ITI Fellows

ITI Members

Fellows represent the ITI’s
inner core of membership. Entry is
by nomination only and requires anongoing and high degree of commitment in at least one of the following
areas: education, research or leadership. Fellows may also serve on the
ITI’s Committees or Board or takeon leadership functions in
an ITI Section.

The ITI welcomes all dentists,
physicians, scientists, certified dental
technicians, registered dental hygienists andappropriately qualified professionals with an interest in implant dentistry as Members of the organization. Members enjoy a wide range of benefits that
include participation in Study Club meetings, a copy ofthe latest volume of the ITI Treatment Guide series every
year and a subscription to the ITI’s journal Forum Implantologicum. The ITI also offers reduced entry to the ITIWorld Symposium and national congresses, regularliterature updates every month and access tonational Section activities as well as to one of
the largest and most prestigious international academic networks in
implant dentistry.

More
information on
the ITI:

www.iti.org

PRESIDENT’S REPORTThe 4th reorganizationin the ITI’s history –continuing success.

Looking back on 2011, what stands out is the amazing rateof membership growth that gathered increasing momentum
throughout the year, finishing with monthly registrationof between 400 and 500 new Members. It is my belief that,in our commercially driven world, dentists today have a strong
need to orient themselves towards an evidence-based entity
and the ITI is seen by many as a safe haven in terms of solidly
founded treatment recommendations.

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Two projects in particular contributed
to the boom in membership figureslast year. These are the modified Study
Club concept and the ITI national
congresses.
Study Clubs
Thanks to the strength of the ITI andthe many volunteers willing to takean active role in promoting and running
ITI Study Clubs as Study Club Directors
or Coordinators, the initiative has grownexponentially since it was launched in2010. By the end of 2011, there werealready 500 Study Clubs and in 2012
the number has increased to well over
600. The ITInet, also launched in 2010,
has proved invaluable by providing
a platform and tool for Study Club
Directors to run the Study Clubs simply
and efficiently.
National congresses
We held 14 national congresses in
2011, for 12 of which the ITI was thesole organizer. This allowed the ITI
to enhance its reputation as a leading
provider of evidence-based educationin implant dentistry around the globe.
Congress management is now handled
by the event management team of
the ITI working closely with each Section and under the general guidance of
the Education Core Group. 2011 allowed
us to gather a great deal of valuable
experience as well as very satisfying
results and we will continue to monitor
our progress. With the industry exhibition that now accompanies eachcongress, we also give participants avaluable opportunity to assess what isavailable on the market in terms of new
publications, technology and products.
In our Vision 2017 we state that ouraim is to become the leading providerof implant dentistry education andI believe we have already achieved thisgoal.

Internal changes
The above developments made itnecessary for the ITI to adapt its
internal structures. The Study Club Task
Force that was set up to launch the
Study Club initiative was approved asa full Core Group and the organization
also took the opportunity to upgrade
the Scholarship Subcommittee to fullcommittee status. These changes also
contribute towards other important
objectives, such as bringing down the
average age of our executive bodies –the average age is now 49, as opposedto 55 in 2007 – and getting more
women involved in decision-making.
We now have 10 women, all highly
qualified Fellows, sitting on various
committees. As Scholarship Committee
Chair, Frauke Müller also sits on the ITIBoard of Directors. This sends a clear
signal to the implant dentistry community that we are a forward-looking,modern organization.

Professor Dr. Daniel Buser was elected President of the ITI in 2009.
His term of office continues until 2013.

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The ITI Board of Directors (from left):
Anthony Dickinson (Australia), Thomas Taylor (USA), Stephen Chen (Australia), Gerhard Wahl (Germany), Frauke Müller (Switzerland), Daniel Buser(Switzerland), Luca Cordaro (Italy), Gilbert Achermann (Switzerland), Hans-Peter Weber (USA), Hideaki Katsuyama (Japan).
Not in the photograph: David Cochran (USA), Beat Spalinger (Switzerland).

In addition to committee changes,
we also established a further positionon the ITI Leadership Team: the Communications Officer. With the launchof the ITInet and the development of
Section websites, it has become important to have one person in each Section
who is responsible for driving internaland external communications andalso updating the Section website andSection domains on the ITInet.
There is no doubt about the successof the ITInet. By the end of 2011 wewere recording more than 20,000 visitseach month, the majority of which
are for the forums the ITInet offers at
global, Section and Study Club level
as well as the Document Library.
2011 also saw two changes at the Section level. The new South East Asian
Section under the leadership of
Dr. Sharifah Alhabshi is made up of
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from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
and Thailand. Geographically the
new Section spans the gap between
mainland China and the Australasian
Section. Expansion was the reason forthe change to the South African Section, which now also includes Namibia
and Zimbabwe and has changed its
name to the Southern African Section.
As our geographic coverage expands,
so do the languages in which we
provide information. Building on oureight core languages: English,
Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, French,
German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish,in 2011 we were able to add Turkish.
The Turkish Section Leadership Teamput considerable effort into growing
their Section and making the ITI better
known across the country. A generous
gesture was made by Quintessence
Publishing Group, which offered us thetranslation of Volume 5 of the Treatment Guide series into Turkish as a gift
to celebrate our milestone membershipfigures. I happened to be in Australia
for the ITI Congress and, together with
the Australasian Leadership Team, wasable to offer a personal welcome to our
10,000 th Member: Dr. Jocelyn Shand,a highly respected Oral & Maxillofacial
Surgeon from the Royal Children’s
Hospital, University of Melbourne.
Milestones
Apart from the many highlights, we
also experienced a number of very sadevents. The terrible earthquake andensuing tsunami in Fukushima hit
Japan very hard with the loss of life andlevel of destruction. It was unthinkable
to hold the planned Japanese congress
while the country was still in sucha state of unrest, so instead we helda charity event and were able to contribute funds donated by ITI Fellows
and Members all over the world.
Later on in the year, the global implantdentistry community experienced
a deeply saddening loss when Robert
K. Schenk died at the age of 88 years on
September 20, 2011. Among his many
contributions to the world of scienceduring his career, Bob Schenk playeda key role in the development andscientific documentation of bone regeneration in implant dentistry. At a personal level, his kindness and modesty
made it a pleasure to spend time withhim. It is thanks to the contributionof men like Bob Schenk that the ITI has
been able to flourish.

cial level we have spent large amounts
on running the national congresses
and launching the Study Clubs but weare convinced that this will even out
by 2013. We have called a temporary
halt to the establishment of new Study
Clubs until the end of 2012 in order
to be able to focus on growing those wealready have to achieve a minimumof 20 members. The ITI is flourishingand needs good organizational andadministrative support, which it getsfrom the ITI Center. We are lucky tohave such a strongly motivated andpositive group of individuals supporting
our progress.

Vision 2017
By 2017 the ITI will be:• the premier global multidisciplinary
association in implant dentistry• recognized as an independentassociation• the leading academic provider of alllevels of evidence-based education
for implant dentistry• a broadened network of Members
and Fellows• an organization that sustains growth
without compromising quality• the leading provider of non-governmental research funding in implantdentistry• the ideal model for a partnership
between an academic associationand industry

We look forward to continuing growthwith 15,000 Fellows and Membersby the end of 2013.

Professor Dr. Daniel Buser
ITI President

OutlookAs we look to the future, we are wellon track for the goals of our Vision 2017and continue to move forwards withenergy and enthusiasm. In my final year
as President of the ITI, I am preparing
for the handover in 2013 so that it
can take place as smoothly as possible.
We still face challenges: at the finan-

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Progressing educational
measures and tools.

Stephen Chen, Chair of the ITI Education Core Group & Committee

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Face to FaceIn 2011 the ITI took on the role ofmajor international congress organizer,
taking responsibility not only for thescientific program but also for allorganizational aspects. This broughtchallenges to the ITI Center in termsof manpower and experience and also
increased responsibility for the Section Leadership Teams. Each Section is
now required to not only ensure a fulland interesting scientific program
but to also ensure that the congress is
run in a fiscally responsible manner.
National congresses are now organizedin close cooperation with the Education
Core Group and the ITI Center in Baselaccording to a standardized approachthat takes advantage of best practices.
All national congresses now feature
an industry exhibition. 2011 and 2012
have been officially declared years oftransition as we aim towards a costneutral result that will give the ITI and
Sections greater autonomy and financial independence. The 14 congresses
held in 2011 were all successful, often
drawing more participants than originally anticipated.
Beyond the congresses, the Education
Core Group spent 2011 consolidating
and progressing existing projects.
Central to almost all these projects is
the ITInet that was launched in thepreceding year. Our online portal is ameeting point for Fellows and Members
at the global, national and local levels.
It is being increasingly widely used for
discussion that ranges from practicalcase-related queries to academic questions in every area of implant dentistry.
The ITInet not only fosters contact
between individual Members andgroups, but will also be increasingly
used to carry out internal ITI processes.
In 2006, with the publication of the first
volume of the ITI Treatment Guide, the

ITI made a commitment to produce
one volume per year. In 2011, we published the 5th volume on sinus floor
elevation procedures. Because of
the nature of the subject, it was feltthat the content would be better supported by film material rather thanphotographs alone. This resulted
in the production of a DVD to accompany the print version. The DVD, towhich the principal contributors were
Hideaki Katsuyama, Daniel Buserand Dieter Weingart, highlights sinus
grafting techniques as well as variations
on techniques and management ofcomplications. From Volume 5 onwards
all the ITI Treatment Guides will appear
in nine languages – Turkish has been
added to the original eight. Volume 6
on extended edentulous spaces in theanterior zone is planned for publicationin mid-October 2012.

ITI Education Core Group
Chair:
Chen Stephen, Australia
Higginbottom Frank, USA
Jensen Simon Storgård, Denmark
Kleinheinz Johannes, Germany
Polido Waldemar Daudt, Brazil
Stillwell Charlotte, UK
Treviño Santos Alejandro, Mexico
van Zyl Paul, South Africa
Zitzmann Nicola, Switzerland
Homm Michael, Switzerland

The second phase of the Speaker
Library, which is based on the findingsof the 2010 Speaker Library Conference,
went live near the end of the year.
This library of around 90 topics is now
available to all approved ITI Speakers
and ITI Fellows as well as ITI Study
Club Coordinators and Directors. A few
minor topics remain to be completed
and are already in preparation, but theemphasis now will be on maintaining
the library and keeping it up to date.
In line with our commitment to education and disseminating knowledge,
we launched the new simplified ITI
Speaker approval process in early 2011.
ITI Speakers undertake to speak onbehalf of the ITI and its philosophy
when asked to lecture. In return they
have access to certain online tools
as well as the Speaker Library, all via
the ITInet. The streamlined approval
process takes place on the ITInet.
ITI Speaker status can now be renewed

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speaking activities.
The SAC tool that the ITI offers as
a diagnostic tool to all practicing dentists free of charge on its website was
extended with an iPad version that was
launched in 2011. This mobile version
also allows Members and Fellows tocreate a pdf that can be printed or sentby email and then stored with thepatient file. Versions for other operating
systems are under consideration.
The Education Core Group is also supporting the educational objectivesof the ITI Study Clubs by supplying two
presentations each year. In 2011 thesecovered bone level implants and sinus
floor elevation grafting (Treatment
Guide 5). The presentations draw onevidence-based material and can beadapted to audiences of all levels. Study
Club Directors are strongly encouraged
to make use of this material.
Our next ITI Consensus Conferenceis planned for 2013 and preparation
began in 2011. The organizing committee comprising David Cochran,Daniel Buser and Stephen Chen has
selected a leader for each of the fiveworking groups that will prepare three
to four review papers for discussion
by around 20 experts in each group.
To ensure a uniform approach tothe material and the way the findings
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The Core Group would like to thankHideaki Katsuyama, Jim Ruskin andDaniel Wismeijer, who were rotated off
the Core Group in 2011 and to welcome
Alejandro Treviño Santos, Paul van Zyl
and Nicola Zitzmann.

NEW FELLOWSThe ITI’s success is in very large partdue to its Fellows and the work that manyof them carry out for the organization
by serving on Committees and in working
groups on a voluntary basis.

In 2011, the ITI Board of Directors approved the nomination of 94 Fellows from 30 countries who meet
the ITI’s requirements. The ITI welcomes all new Fellows to its global community.
A: Agustono Bambang, Indonesia / Al Nadawi Ferial, Oman / Al Yahfoufi Zoubeida, Lebanon / Al-Ansary IIham,
Oman / Alayan Jamil, Australia / Alsehri Mohammed, Saudi Arabia / Apostolidis Charalampos, Greece /Arksornnukit Mansuang, Thailand / Aybar Buket, Turkey B: Badawi Nabih, Lebanon / Bakaeen Lara, Jordan /Benjasupattananan Supranee, Thailand / Bhatavadekar Neel, India / Bjørnland Tore, Norway / Boyan Barbara,
USA / Bozkaya Süleyman, Turkey / Broome Martin, Switzerland / Bunyaratavej Pintippa, Thailand
C: Cardona Estrada Jorge, Colombia / Chen Chun-Jung, Taiwan / Chen Zhuofan, China / Ching Ng Mei, Malaysia /Chou Hsiao-Wie, Taiwan / Cimmino Sergio, Italy / Çömlekoglu Erhan, Turkey / Cristache Corina Marilena,
Romania D: Darbar Ulpee, UK & Ireland / Dawod Mustafa, Jordan / De Poi Robert, Australia E: Eliopoulos
Dimitris, Greece / Erdogan Özgür, Turkey F: Faiella Robert, USA / Frabboni Pier Carlo, Italy G: GargalloAlbiol Jordi, Spain / Garraway Rachel, Australia / Giannobile William, USA / Gill Wendy, Australia / GrantThomson Richard, Australia / Gray Crawford, UK H: Hains Frederick, USA / Hamasni Fatima, Lebanon /Huang Kuo-Ching, Taiwan / Hwang Jae-Woong, Korea J: Jansisyanont Pornchai, Thailand K: Kim Soung-Min,
Korea / Kinsel Richard, USA / Kitchings Sterling, Australia / Konstantoulakis Efstratios, Greece / KumchaiThongnard, Thailand L: Lambert France, Belgium / Latief Benny, Indonesia / Laudenbach Jay, USA / Lee
Soon, Malaysia / Liew Vincent, Australia / Liu Cheing-Meei, Taiwan / Liu Zhonghao, China / Lozano Frank, USA
M: Mikami Itaru, Japan N: Namsik Oh, Korea / Navarro Juan Carlos, Colombia / Nelwan Leonard, Indonesia /Ng Ben Chuan, Malaysia / Norkin Frederic, USA O: O Donoghue Anne, Ireland / Oxbrough Patrick, Australia /P: Palermo Matthew, USA / Petsas Achilleas, Greece / Pimkhaokham Atiphan, Thailand / Pollack Alan, USA /Ponkratov Denis, Russia / Pungpapong Preeda, Thailand R: Randel Harry, USA / Rantala Mikko, Finland /Reeves William, USA / Richman Colin, USA / Romanos George, USA / Rossi Fabio, Italy S: Scarfe William, USA /Schrott Alexander, USA / Serichetaphongse Pravey, Thailand / Stewart John-Michael, USA T: Tan Baosheng,
China / Thomas Mark USA U: Uçkan Sina, Turkey / Umanjec-Korac Sanja, Netherlands V: Vailati Francesca,
Switzerland / Virnik Sascha, Austria / Vorster Christiaan, South Africa W: Wang Chun-Cheng, Taiwan / Wen Bo,
China / Wu Chao-Nan, Taiwan / Wu Yiqun, China Y: Yamashita Motofumi, Japan Z: Zfaz Samuel, USA

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Enabling local dialogue.

Luca Cordaro, Chair of the ITI Study Club Core Group & Committee

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Face to FaceStudy Clubs are a relatively new andvery important initiative for the ITI.
The ITI Study Club Core Group, formedout of the Study Club Task Force, wasapproved in 2011 at the last Annual
General Meeting in Barcelona. The
initiative has enjoyed great success ina relatively short time, exceeding its
initial goal to set up 500 Study Clubs
worldwide by the end of 2013 alreadyby the end of 2011.

form exists along with the technologicaltools to run them, it is important that
the Study Club Directors take up thechallenge on a local basis and build on
the existing foundations. Meetings varyfrom Study Club to Study Club but ingeneral include discussion of professional issues as well as a presentationand discussion of a case study – themore interactive and spontaneous thebetter.

The role of the Study Club Core Group
is to develop, establish and maintaina framework of guidelines for the Study
Clubs. At the same time it is the aim
to provide as much freedom as possible
for Study Club Directors to run their
Study Clubs in line with local needs.
An educational component is deliveredby the ITI Education Core Group in
the form of two presentations each year
on topical themes.

The ITInet provides excellent support
for Study Club administration andreporting. Reporting is vital as any
activity that involves ITI funding mustbe transparently recorded and comply
with the given regulations in orderto maintain our non-profit status. There
have been some initial problems learning how to use the administrative tool
but these will surely be rapidly overcome as the tool is uncomplicated andautomates many processes that would
otherwise take up valuable time.

The ITI is very proud of this initiative,
which is already being seen as a benchmark for the community of scientificassociations. It combines a numberof the organization’s objectives toprovide education at the same time ascreating a valuable and regular opportunity for local networking within an
informal framework. Over time thisallows for trust to be built up andthe possibility to tap each other’s
experience as necessary. Similarly, thecreation of the Study Clubs and theroles of Study Club Coordinator andStudy Club Director has allowed many
more people to take an active rolein the organization with direct responsibility for the ITI’s growth as well as
growing within the organization itself.

ITI Study Club Core Group
Chair:
Cordaro Luca, Italy
Akça Kivanç, Turkey
Evans Christopher, Australia
Fischer Kerstin, Sweden
Fugazzotto Paul, USA
Katsuyama Hideaki, Japan
Schlegel Karl Andreas, Germany
Hemm Frank, Switzerland

While all the Study Clubs are set up in
the same way, each one is different
based on geography and culture as wellas personalities and focus. The workof the Study Club Core Group is to meetthe needs of Study Club Coordinatorsin the face of local issues as they arisein the countries. Good communicationis the only approach that works andannual meetings of the whole Committee will provide a solid basis from which
to work in order to resolve issues as
they arise.

Although the ITI is gratified by theexcellent response to the Study Clubs,
it is not the number of Study Clubs
alone that is decisive. Now that a plat-

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A commitment to implantdentistry.

Thomas Taylor, Chair of the ITI Research Committee

The ITI has been supporting research
projects since 1988 and to date has
contributed with funding of more than
CHF 36 million for over 320 projects.
The Research Committee meets twicea year to discuss the many applications
that are submitted for a research grant
each year. During its meetings in May
and November in 2011, the ResearchCommittee evaluated 70 applications,of which 43 were rejected and two
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Applications were received from 21
countries, the highest number of whichcame from the USA, Germany, Portugal
and Switzerland. The highest numberof grants was awarded to the USA,
Germany and Switzerland, respectively.
More applications are also now being
received from countries that had previously not applied. The main focusof research in 2011 was predominantlyin the area of bone augmentation,
metabolism and implants, followedby prosthetics including occlusion andesthetics and implant tissue interface.
A total of 22 different institutions received grants.
The Committee is seeing a generaltrend away from laboratory and towards
clinical studies and each year the number of applications increases as does
their quality. As the budget remains
constant at around CHF 2.5 million, thismakes the job of evaluating applications increasingly difficult and very time
consuming. Each member of the Research Committee spends between 60
and 80 hours each year on evaluations
before meeting to discuss the projects
in detail with the other members of
the Committee. I would like to thankall of the Committee members for theircontinuing hard work and dedication
to the task.
In order to be considered for a grant,
applications must comply with theguidelines available on the ITI website
and must also be submitted using
the official application form provided
for download on the ITI website. The ITI
accepts applications from ITI Fellows
and Members as well as from non-ITI
researchers and reviews all applications
according to four criteria:• Relevance to current clinical issues
in implant dentistry• Hypothesis and methods described• Experience of the researchers, theiracademic affiliation and research
conditions available• A clearly formulated and realistic
budget proposal
To give their project the best chanceof success, applicants are advised
to read through the ITI Research Grant
Application Guidelines very carefully inorder to ensure that they comply withall the requirements.

André Schroeder Research Prize
The André Schroeder Research Prize
that was first awarded in 1992 ispresented to independent researchers
for work that advances dental researchand development and is oriented to
implant dentistry, oral tissue regeneration and related fields.

ITI Research Committee
Chair:
Taylor Thomas, USA
Araujo Mauricio, Brazil
Bosshardt Dieter, Switzerland
Feine Jocelyne, Canada
Hammerle Christoph, Switzerland
Heitz-Mayfield Lisa, Australia

In 2011 it was awarded to Nikola
Saulacic for his work on “Bone apposition to a titanium-zirconium alloy
implant surface” at the ITI Congress
Benelux in Amsterdam. The study
aimed to determine early healing eventsof titanium-zirconium (TiZr) implants
in comparison with titanium implants –both with a modified sand-blasted,
acid-etched (SLActive) surface and an
implant material with additional
strength (Ti6A14V). The study concluded that TiZr implants compare
favorably to Ti implants in terms offast, early osseointegration.

Reichert Torsten, Germany
Terheyden Hendrik, Germany
Wismeijer Daniel, Netherlands
Appert Christoph, Switzerland

2011 Research applications and grants
Applications received

70

Applications accepted

25

Total grants*

2.314* in CHF million

This award carries prize money of
CHF 20,000 as well as considerable
prestige within the scientific community.
It is awarded on an annual basis, giventhat a suitable project is submitted
for evaluation.
All applications must represent original
work and in 2011 the Research Committee took a decision to limit applications to published work or work thathas been accepted for publication.
ThanksThe Committee would like to thankUrs Belser, David Cochran, George
Sándor, and Kanichi Seto for their contribution to the Committee’s work over
the years and to welcome Mauricio
Araujo, Jocelyne Feine, Lisa HeitzMayfield and Daniel Wismeijer as newmembers of the Research Committee
as of September 2011.

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ITI UNIVER SIT Y PROGR AMS COMMIT TEE

A unique educational
experience.

Hans-Peter Weber, Chair of the ITI University Programs Committee

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In line with the mission of the ITI to
promote and disseminate knowledge
on all aspects of implant dentistry,
the University Programs Committeeorganizes continuing education courses
in cooperation with seven educational
institutions around the world.
The University Programs project was
launched in 2009 in order to provide
dental professionals with an opportunity for high quality continuing education. The intent of the ITI as anindependent academic body was tooffer evidence-based programs focusedon treatment methods rather than
product handling, which is often thefocus of weekend courses sponsoredby companies. The format chosen forthis purpose was the Education Week,
an intensive 4- to 7-day course witha structured approach that comprises
lectures, live demonstrations andhands-on workshops. To ensure that thecourses continue to meet the participants’ needs, the ITI gathers feedback
after each course and has recently put
the feedback process online to makeit even easier for participants.
Our seven partner institutions wereselected on the basis of a proven trackrecord of excellence in education,
certification to provide continuing
education (CE) credits, state-of-the-art
facilities including lecture rooms andinfrastructure for live surgeries, live
prosthetics and hands-on workshops.
An important condition of eligibility
was also the presence of an ITI Fellow
in a leading position at each institution,
who has the support of an experienced
faculty. Six of the seven ITI Centersof Excellence have already held ITI
Education Weeks over the past two to
three years. As the seventh partner,
the University of Melbourne will holdits first course in 2013.

The opportunity to become an ITICenter of Excellence in Implant Education is by invitation through the ITI
University Programs Committee.
All the courses are held in English
and currently under discussion is thequestion whether ITI Education Weeks
should be offered in other languages.
The geographical spread of the current
centers is such that they are relatively
easily accessible from the majorityof regions in which ITI Fellows andMembers are based. Any additional
centers will need to complement andcomplete the present offering. The
Committee is also aware that care must
be taken to ensure that each ITI Education Week remains dynamic, providing
its participants with a unique educational experience.
In 2011, the ITI had highly positive feedback from all six of the ITI Education
Weeks that were held throughout theyear. All the courses are intense, comprising an attractive blend of evidencebased topics delivered in lectures anddemonstrations as well as hands-on
workshops by leading ITI panelists. This
complements the unparalleled international networking opportunities thesecourses offer. The first ITI Education
Week in Melbourne in February 2013
will live up to this promise, too.

ITI University Programs Committee
Chair:
Weber Hans-Peter, USA
Pedro Bullón, Spain
Donos Nikolaos, UK
Grunert Ingrid, Austria
Kwon Yong-Dae, Korea
Morton Dean, USA
Roccuzzo Mario, Italy
Matter Sandro, Switzerland

Partner Institutions• University of Bern, School of Dental
Medicine, Bern, Switzerland• Harvard School of Dental Medicine,
Boston, USA• University of Hong Kong,
Prince Philip Dental Hospital,
Hong Kong SAR, PR China• University College of London,
Eastman Dental Institute & Hospital,
London, UK• Klinikum Stuttgart, Katharinenhospital, Department for Oral,
Maxillo and Facial Plastic Surgery,
Center of Implant Dentistry,
Stuttgart, Germany• Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation
Hospital/University of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada• University of Melbourne,
Melbourne Dental School, Melbourne,
Australia

In May, Ingrid Grunert (Austria) joined
the Committee, replacing Simon
Storgård Jensen (Denmark), who moved
over to the Education Core Group. In
September, Frauke Müller (Switzerland)and Lisa Heitz-Mayfield (Australia)
rotated off the University Programs
Committee and were replaced by Pedro
Bullón (Spain), Mario Roccuzzo (Italy)
and Yong-Dae Kwon (South Korea),increasing the Committee by one toa total of eight members.

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ITI SCHOL AR SHIP COMMIT TEE

Gathering professional
experience.

Frauke Müller, Chair of the ITI Scholarship Committee

Offering 25 young professionals every
year an opportunity to gain experiencein implant dentistry under the eye ofan experienced ITI Fellow is a highly
rewarding task, so it was my great pleasure and honor to take over the Chairof the Scholarship Committee from
Hans-Peter Weber. In the past year,
the Committee also had to say goodbye
to two long-standing members, Erik
Hjørting-Hansen and Klaus Lang, andI would like to thank them for their
hard work and dedication on behalfof the many young professionals who
benefited from the Scholarship program. To replace them, three newmembers joined the Committee: Hervé
Buatois from Grenoble, France, Bo Chenfrom Bejing, China, and Martha Maria
Theodorou from Florida, Argentina.
So we now have eight members on theCommittee, three of whom are women.
As Committee Chair, I also have thehonor of serving on the ITI Board of
Directors, and this as the first woman
in the history of the ITI.

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ITI Scholarship Committee
Chair:
Müller Frauke, Switzerland
Alcoforado Gil, Portugal
Buatois Hervé, France
Chen Bo, China
Gallucci German, USA
Theodorou Martha Maria, Argentina
Tsai Alex, Taiwan

Each year the ITI awards 25 scholarships to young professionals who would
like to deepen their knowledge andexperience of implant dentistry at thesame time as broadening their cultural
horizons in another country. The year
also presents a unique opportunity tostart building an international networkthat could well serve as a springboard
to professional development later on.

Willi René, Switzerland

In 2011, 101 completed applications for
an ITI Scholarship were received from39 countries around the world. The
most applications this year came from
India, China and the United States.
The first step in each ITI Scholarshipcycle is for the Chair to evaluate theapplications. This is a very intensive
phase as it takes about a week to checkthe submissions and see where morein-depth information is needed in order
to select the well and potentially qualified candidates. The next stage is theonline scoring by each of the Scholarship Committee members.
As there is significant competition forthese 25 Scholarships which provide not
only a position at one of the Scholarship Centers but also financial support
towards living expenses, the Committee
has to insist on high standards of clinical education and scientific skills on
the part of candidates. Of course theapplications also have to be formallycorrect and complete. For example, thetwo letters of recommendation must
be recent and signed with an original
rather than an electronic signature.
To facilitate applications, we now offer
a useful checklist that is available on
the ITI website and shows what should
be included in the application.
The Scholarship year also represents
a considerable commitment for the
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a statement agreeing to certain terms
and conditions, including a specified
starting date. Scholars also agree toprovide two reports – one intermediate
report, half way through their Scholarship year, and one final report at theend. Reading last years’ reports wasvery heartwarming; it impressed me tosee how much each Scholar had benefited from the scholarship and theprofessional opportunities provided aswell as how much they enjoyed the personal experience of living in a foreigncountry.
2012 and beyond
We have a number of changes coming
up in 2012, one of them is a newschedule for the application and thestart of the Scholarship year. Following
a decision made by the ITI Board of
Directors, rather than meeting inJanuary, the Scholarship Committee
will meet in November to evaluate theapplications. In order to accommodate
this change, the application portal
will now open in June rather than in
October and remain open for 6 weeks.
Consequently, as of 2013, the Scholarship year will run from September to
September rather than October to
October. This corresponds to the academic year in the majority of European
and a number of other countries, whichfacilitates Scholar bonding with thecurrent postgraduate class.
Recent developments on the money
market have led to an additional change
concerning the stipend paid to Scholars.
As of 2012 it will be converted to thecurrency of the host country in linewith purchasing power parity (PPP). PPP
compensates for fluctuating exchange
rates and takes into account the realcost of living in each country. Thus thestipend provides a buying power equivalent to CHF 40,000 in Switzerland.
Further excellent news: during thepast year the Committee approved theapplication from the Department of
Periodontics and Oral Medicine at theMichigan Center for Oral Health Research in Ann Arbor, USA, to become
an ITI Scholarship Center. We took great
pleasure in allocating the first Scholar
to the new Scholarship Chair Professor
William Giannobile for October 2012.
Last but not least, this report is an
opportunity to thank Lucia D’Ambrosio
and Kati Benthaus from the ITI Centerfor their efficient and friendly management of the ITI Scholarship program.
Lucia has become the absolute go-to
person for the Scholars and they knowthat they can contact her for all pertinent questions and problems. For me,
too, it is a great pleasure to be working
with her.

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ITI SEC TION & MEMBER SHIP CORE GROUP AND COMMIT TEECreating transparency
and supporting independence.

Gerhard Wahl, Chair of the ITI Section & Membership Core Group and Committee

Two themes dominated the Section &Membership Core Group in 2011:finances and fellowship nomination.
The ITI’s independence is crucial to how
it is perceived as an organization and
the Section & Membership Core Group’s
work, with its emphasis on budgetary
support, plays a key role in strengthening the ITI’s independence. It does so
by steering the Sections towards a wellbalanced activity plan that complies
with ITI as well as national and international financial regulations.

As a non-profit organization, the ITI
is bound by strict regulations in termsof its activities in order to maintain thisstatus. One of the Section & Membership Core Group’s tasks is to monitor
the annual budgeting process to ensurethat only Section activities that are
in line with the ITI’s non-profit status
are supported. These activities arevery clearly defined, more so than in
the past. However, this can at times leadto frustration on the part of Sections
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Chair:
Wahl Gerhard, Germany
Aaboe Merete, Denmark
Barter Stephen, UK
Beagle Jay, USA

promising events but are not aware ofthese constraints. The Section & Membership Core Group is there not only toscrutinize and correct budgets but also
to offer individual Sections support
and find ways of fulfilling their activity
plan within the permitted parameters.

Blanco Carrión Juan, Spain

The Section & Membership Core Group’s
work is not a purely financial exercise –cultural aspects also play an importantrole. Where people meet, how theymeet and the degree of formality is not
the same in every country and we haveto accept this. Study Clubs are a casein point: the budget allocated to eachStudy Club is clearly defined but a large
degree of freedom is left to the decisionof how the budget is to be spent.
The Section & Membership Core Groupis considering how best to support
the budgeting process and one option
would be to assign individual CoreGroup members with in-depth knowledge of countries or regions and theirculture to those countries and regions.
The next step would be to pool theinformation from as many different
areas as possible so that we continue tounderstand our membership better in
all its diversity.

Dickinson Anthony, Australia
Gebran Georges, Lebanon
Molnar Andy, USA

At the Annual General Meeting inBarcelona last year we held our first
Section Leadership Team Day. It became clear that while in established
Sections everything runs fairly automatically, younger Sections have moreof a problem familiarizing themselveswith the administrative process. It mustbe said that this demands substantial
time in the early years. We are alsoseeing rapid growth in the organization
as a whole, which means that the Section Leadership Teams, too, have moreadministrative work than in previous
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Group to maintain an ongoing overview
of the organization without great
difficulty, but in time it will become
necessary to work even more closelywith the Section Leadership Teams on
a continuous basis. Clearly, to this end,
the more culturally diverse the Section& Membership Core Group and thebetter prepared we are, the better forthe organization.
Fellowship nomination is the othertheme on which we spent a good dealof time last year. Fellows form the backbone of our organization through theirwork on our central committees andad hoc working groups as well as in
the Sections. It is therefore importantthat our nomination process is clear
and that the Section & MembershipCore Group receives all the necessary
documentation in order to make wellfounded recommendations to the
ITI Board.
Considerable responsibility for the end
result lies with the nominator as theSection & Membership Core Group canonly do its work if it receives the necessary documentation. It is not enoughto believe that someone should be
a Fellow, their suitability must also be
documented with detailed recommendations, a full CV, and proof of activity
in line with the ITI’s philosophy. It isthe nominator’s job to see that all thisis supplied in the form required by
the ITI.
Any Fellow with four years seniority
can nominate a promising candidate forfellowship, but it is important to checkbeforehand with the Section Leadership of the relevant Section that thisnominee will be accepted by the Section.
The Section Leadership Team has aright of veto that they can exercise if
they feel the nominee may, for anyreason, not fit in with the rest of theteam. Supplying the right paperwork
is equally important as the Section &Membership Core Group cannot makerecommendations based on a verbal
testimonial. To avoid disappointment
and time spent revising the nomination,
the Section & Membership Core Groupurges nominators to take the timenecessary to go through all the steps
thoroughly and complete them as
required.
We had a few changes in the CoreGroup last year and said goodbye to
Pedro Bullón and Mario Roccuzzo,
but were able to expand our group by
replacing them with three new members: Merete Aaboe, Juan Blanco andGeorges Gebran.
Given the rapid growth we experienced
as an organization in the last year,
the Section & Membership Core Groupwould like to pass on a big thank you
to the ITI Center. It would be impossible to carry out our work without their
ongoing help and excellent organization.
As a final word, I would like to remind
you all that the Section & MembershipCore Group is there to ensure that theneeds of our membership are continuously monitored leading to tangible
benefits. The Section Leadership Teams
therefore should make sure they takeadvantage of this fact by contacting
us for support via the ITI Center asnecessary.

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HONOR ARY FELLOWS

Honorary Fellowshipin 2011.
Celebrating the extraordinary contribution made by individual
Fellows to the organization over the years is a duty in which
the ITI Board of Directors takes great pleasure. In 2011,
Honorary Fellowships were awarded to two men who havebeen very closely involved with the development of the ITI as
an organization: Thomas Straumann and Walter Widmer.

ITI President Daniel Buser awards
Thomas Straumann an ITI Honorary
Fellowship at the AGM 2011 inBarcelona.

Thomas Straumann
Thomas Straumann’s name signals
a connection to the ITI that goes backto the foundation of the organization.
As the son of Fritz Straumann who was
one of the prime movers in establishing
the ITI together with André Schroeder,
Thomas Straumann grew up alongside
the organization. He started work at
Straumann in 1981 and in 1990 he took
over the company in a very streamlined
form, following the death of his father.
His declared focus was on materials
testing and development for the implant dentistry business. In the same
year he was invited to join the Board of
the ITI as the Straumann representative.
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to open up the regular symposia to aninternational audience and was alsopart of the decision to expand the ITI
from a specialist think tank to a broader
platform that brought together medical
professionals with an interest in implant dentistry. Thomas Straumann isa strong believer in getting all the people
involved to sit around the table andtalk to one another. He sees that as anecessary step for the future of implantdentistry. There are questions, he feels,that need to be asked: which direction
is medical engineering taking, where
will we be in 10 years time, how are weto prepare for that future and to what
degree can we influence it? Thomas
Straumann is no longer directly involved

in the strategic direction and development of the ITI, but the organization is
grateful for the contribution he madeover two decades.
Walter Widmer
Among the frequent guests at thesupper table in the Straumann homewhile Thomas Straumann was still ayoung teenager was a young man whose
future was going to be very closely
connected to that of the new implantdentistry association. It is impossible tothink of the ITI and its first 30 or so
years without also thinking of Walter
Widmer, who was very involved in
the start-up phase of the ITI and thendevoted himself entirely to the continuous development and running of
the organization over 30 years. While
the ITI was still a small organization,
he contributed actively to all three
original committees: Research, Education and Development. Over time hedevoted himself to the Research Committee, managing its administration
and running.

so that participants could enjoy a stateof-the-art program.
However, life at the ITI was not all
work and among his duties was theorganization of social events to accompany meetings and symposia. This is
how the ITI membership came to enjoya traditional fairground in the centerof Munich on the ITI’s 25th birthday or
ITI Committee members entertained
the membership wearing fishnet stockings and full make-up at an Annual
General Meeting event.
The ITI would like to congratulate both
Honorary Fellows and thank themfor their engagement on behalf of theorganization.

Walter Widmer is presented with an
ITI Honorary Fellowship for his morethan 30 years of dedication to the ITI
and its goals.

ITI Honorary Fellows
Erik Hjørting-Hansen
Gisbert Krekeler †Niklaus Lang
Robert Schenk †Wilfried Schilli
Yoshikazu Soejima †Implant dentistry education was a key
concern from the start and a substantial
part of his work centered around organizing opportunities for education
around the world. The venues for thiswere sometimes unusual – for instance,
on board a ship in international waters
just outside Stockholm. An area particularly close to his heart was theorganization of the ITI Symposia thatgrew from initially a couple of hundred participants in Waldenburg to thelast World Symposium in Geneva thatdrew 4,000 visitors. Walter Widmer
was responsible for the planning andorganization from start to finish, always
working hand in hand with the Scientific Program Committee to ensure thatthe best possible technology and conditions were made available to speakers

Samuel Steinemann
Thomas StraumannFranz Sutter
Christiaan ten Bruggenkate
Walter Widmer

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Education– faceto face.
One of the principal aims of
the ITI’s vision formulated in 2007
is to become the premier global
multidisciplinary associationin implant dentistry by 2017.
In addition to the many print andonline tools and measures available
from the ITI, the main path to thisambitious goal is through highquality evidence-based education
on a face-to-face basis.

Over the years the ITI has developed andbuilt up its educational offering to provide a
range of different face-to-face channels tosuit differing needs. A shared aspect of theseformats is that they all offer participants
the possibility to discuss questions that arise
during the day with colleagues and friends inthe breaks and evenings as well as networking
in a predominantly international environment. This year’s annual report takes a lookat the various events that make up thatoffering at the global, national and local level.

Consensus
Conferences
Although not a public meeting, the ITI’s regularConsensus Conferences and the recommendations it
produces lay the foundations for almost all its other­ ctivities. These meetings, which are held every four to fiveayears, bring together the field’s top clinicians. Over three days,
more than 100 practitioners with specialist expertise review andanalyze the latest literature. They assess the strength of the mostrecent assertions in order to decide whether they can be includedin the clinician’s armamentarium of techniques and materials.
The aim is to produce a set of consensus statements and clinicalrecommendations reflecting the current status of scientific­evidence, which are then published in a supplement toa peer-reviewed journal.
The first of the ITI’s Consensus Conferences was heldin 1993, then in 1997, 2000 and 2003. The fifth ITIConsensus Conference, for which preparations began in 2011, will take place
in Bern in 2013.

High degreeof interactivity

ITI World Symposium
The World Symposium is the ITI’s flagship event and one of
the biggest meetings in the international implant dentistry calendar.
Each ­Symposium deals with cutting-edge issues that reflect current
concerns within the field and its faculty is drawn internationallyfrom the field’s opinion leaders.
The scientific program consists of plenum
sessions with simultaneous translation –in 12 languages at the last World Symposiumin Geneva, Switzerland – as well as a seriesof parallel sessions, ensuring that a broad
variety of prosthodontic and surgical topics
can be covered in more detail in smallergroups. This format offers ample opportunity
for discussion with the presenters.

Networking

The overall aim is to offer presentations thatcover both theory and practice so that a good
proportion of the material presented canbe put into practice immediately. This includes,
as a matter of course, the area of complications and different approaches to dealing
with them.

4,000
81
participants from

Launched in 1988 as the ITI Symposium inBasel, Switzerland, the international aspect
was added in 1995 when the Symposiumt­ ravelled to Washington, USA, for the firsttime. Since then the event has taken place inmany different parts of the world, growing
larger and covering more territory each time.
The first Symposium drew 450 participants,
growing steadily so that by 2010 and backin Switzerland it attracted a total of 4,000 participants from 81 countries, representing
every branch of the dental profession with aninterest in implant dentistry. The next World
Symposium will be held in Geneva in 2014.
The 2010 World Symposium introduced a new
dimension by inviting companies from thedental industry to exhibit their products. This
proved to be a resounding success, allowing
for a steady flow of valuable information on
new products and innovations in the field anddirect contact with their manufacturers anddistributors.

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Talk
to opinion
leaders

Sharingideas andinformation

ITI national congresses
The majority of the ITI’s
27 regional and country Sections
offer national ITI congresses
at regular intervals. These allow
each Section to shape its congresscontent according to national
concerns and the national culture,with presentations in the country’s
language delivered by local
opinion leaders. A number of international speakers are normallyalso invited.

At the end of 2010, the ITI took over adminis­
trative responsibility for the national congresses in addition to its traditional role ascongress scientific program organizer. Eachcongress is now organized by the ITI Center together with the Section, allowing for a streamlined organizational process that benefits
from best practice. A consistent visual identity
has also been applied that increases recognition of the ITI and communicates the fact thateach Section is part of a larger entity with
common goals.

Consolidationof knowledge

As the first year in which the ITI took over
responsibility for the entire program andexecution of the national congresses, 2011
was treated as a year of transition. A totalof 14 congresses were held – 12 of them run
entirely by the ITI – and the Education CoreGroup was closely involved in defining guidelines and monitoring the progress of eachcongress. It is the aim of the ITI to make thenational congresses a fully self-supporting
event and, to this end, they follow the modelof the World Symposium by also offering
an industry exhibition.

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Closerelationship toacademic
institutions
ITI Education Weeks
Since 2009, together with respected academic institutions, the ITI has
been offering intensive four- to seven-day courses at a numberof centers around the world. These ITI Education Weeks are modeledon the long-standing Education Week held at the University of Bernthat has enjoyed enviable success for well over a decade. The formatof each ITI Education Week follows a pattern of theory, observationand hands-on work that offers the best conditions for internalizing
new information.

Intensiveeducational
program

In groups of between 20 and 50, participants
benefit from a central core of informationthat is comparable from center to center, while
the remaining half of the program is determined by the faculty and their specialist focus.
Continuing education credits – required
annually as proof of ongoing professional
development by the authorities in many countries – are offered with each course. Currently,
all the courses are held in English and attract
participants from all over the world.

Qualityassurance amongprac­titioners

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ITI Annual Report 2011 Face to FaceAs an independent organization, the ITI isideally placed to offer an intensive educational
program according to the principles of evidencebased findings and without any commercial
affiliation. In its 30+ years, the ITI has built
close relationships to many academic institutions through its various educational activities,
such as the ITI Scholarship program with its
19 Scholarship Centers at universities aroundthe world. The University Programs’ ITI Education Weeks have formalized that relationshipto seven institutions in particular, following an
in-depth selection process.
As part of the evaluation process, centersmust show a proven track record of excellencein education and also demonstrate that they
have the necessary infrastructure in place toprovide ITI-quality courses based on ITI guidelines. These, in turn, are based on the findingsof the regularly held ITI Consensus Conferences and the Consensus Paper that is published as a result. This approach ensuresthat not only the ITI Education Week, but all
the educational tools and events promotedby the ITI follow the same principles andbenefit from a solid foundation and consistentmessage.

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation
Hospital / University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Boston, USA
University College of London,
Eastman Dental Institute & Hospital
London, UK
Klinikum Stuttgart, Katharinenhospital,
Department for Oral,
Maxillo and Facial Plastic Surgery
Stuttgart, Germany

The seven
Centers are
spread over fourcontinents and all
offer courses
in English.

University of Bern,
School of Dental Medicine
Bern, Switzerland
University of Hong Kong,
Prince Philip Dental HospitalHong Kong, China
University of Melbourne,
Melbourne Dental School
Melbourne, Australia

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Implant Education

ITI Study Clubs
Newly re-launched in 2010 and then rapidly rolled out in the following
year, the total of ITI Study Clubs quickly grew to 500 by the end of 2011.
The Study Clubs, aimed at general practitioners, were envisioned as
an additional channel to complement the work of ITI World Symposia
and national congresses, but with a higher frequency and also a higher
degree of interactivity. Fellows and Members immediately recognizedthese meetings as an excellent source of continuing education in theirmother tongue as well as a valuable opportunity to meet and get to knowcolleagues practicing in the same city or area.

ITI Study Clubs restrict membership to a
maximum of 25 to 30 members. This ensuresthat an informal setting is maintained,
allowing members to raise issues, exchange
ideas and bring along their own cases fordiscussion.

Consistentmessage

As part of the ITI’s mission to disseminate
knowledge, the ITI Education Core Group also
prepares and supplies two presentations
each year on topics of current concern. As thecontent is 100 % evidence-based, these pre­sentations contribute significantly towards
quality assurance among practitioners. In 2011,
two comprehensive presentations were madeavailable on bone level implants and sinus
floor elevation, the latter based on the ITITreatment Guide, Volume 5 that was launchedin October 2011.

The overwhelming popularity of the Study
Clubs shows that they fulfill an urgent need.
At the same time they have proven to bea powerful driver of growth for the organization as a whole.

500
Study Clubs
worldwide

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Print andonline educationalmedia
In addition to the events held around the world,
the ITI provides additional sources of educational
support through its publications, principal among these
are the ITI Treatment Guide series and the SAC Classification in Implant Dentistry, as well as the material available
to ITI Fellows and Members on the ITInet, such as theregular literature updates. The SAC tool – an electronic
version of the SAC Classification in Implant Dentistry –is available not only to the membership on the ITInet
but also to non-Members via the ITI website andas an iPad application. Fellows and Members
benefit from an added feature that allows
them to save each assessment asa PDF and print.

ITI Sections.
Argentine & Uruguayan Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Gustavo Marion

Education Delegate:
Martha María Theodorou

Study Club Coordinator:
Santiago Caram

Communications Officer:
Diego Bechelli

Section Administrator:
Pablo Turek

2011 was a very successful year for
the Section. One of the most significant
achievements was the official integration of Uruguay into the Section. All
the activities for both countries wereorganized as the ITI Section Argentina& Uruguay.
The main goal in 2011 was to implement
the Study Club concept and to selectStudy Club Directors. 10 Study Clubs
were created across both countries(eight in Argentina and two in Uruguay),
and 42 Study Club meetings took place
between March and December. These
Study Clubs had a great impact on thedental implant community and many
professionals participated actively in allof them.
The Section also organized four
educational days in Rosario, Mendoza,
Córdoba and Montevideo, two ITIsponsored events in Tucumán andPatagonia, and one regional meetingin Buenos Aires together with theBrazilian and Mexican Sections. Local
and regional lecturers included Mauricio
Araujo, Julio Cesar Joly, Alejandro
Treviño and Juan Pablo Villareal. Morethan 200 attendees participated in
the regional meeting.
The Section took advantage of thisevent to meet and form two internal
committees. One group will organize
the upcoming national congress inclose collaboration with the Education
Delegate and the Chair. The othergroup will start looking at research
projects, a field that the Section has
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The Section also had the pleasure ofa visit from Daniel Buser and Stephen
Chen, who both lectured at local eventsand made Study Club presentations.
The friendly and open approach of bothprofessionals was highly appreciated.
The main reason behind Professor
Buser’s visit was to accept an Honorary
Professorship from the Dental Schoolof the University of Buenos Aires.
A Section Communications Officer was
appointed in October and the Argentine
and Uruguayan Leadership Team team
now comprises Gustavo Marion (Chair),Martha Theodorou (Education Delegate),
Santiago Caram (Study Club Coordinator) and Diego Bechelli (Communications
Officer). The Leadership Team is supported by Pablo Turek (Section Administrator) and Luz Bassetto (administrative
support).
Near the end of the year, the Section
started organizing its 2 nd National
ITI Congress. The title of the event is“State of the Art Implantology: Science
and Clinic” and the Section is arranging
an attractive agenda in which theexperience of respected colleagues will
be called on to contribute to daily practice with the latest developments andprotocols. Paolo Casentini, Maurizio
Tonetti, Paul Fugazzotto and Waldemar
Polido will participate as guest speakers.
A poster competition and a commercial
exhibition will also be part of the congress. The event will be held in Buenos
Aires, Argentina from June 14 to 15,
2013.
At the end of 2011, the Section had
grown to 243, made up of 18 Fellows
and 225 Members.

Australasian Section
2011 was a very busy year for theAustralasian Section with a full andsuccessful education program, thebiennial ITI Congress Australasia andthe introduction of the ITI Study Club
concept.
The Section organized 20 evening
seminars and two hands-on courses,
covering a wide range of implant-related
topics. These courses have always been
popular, as underlined by excellent
member participation at these events.
The ITI Congress Australasia took placein Melbourne in July and was attended
by more than 300 participants. The
theme of the meeting, “Working together works – Teamwork for successin implant dentistry” was highlighted
by international keynote speakers,
Dean Morton and Robert Levine, and11 national speakers. The two-day program provided clinicians with cuttingedge information on surgical, technicaland restorative aspects of contemporary implant dentistry. During theFellows’ meeting preceding the congress, eight new Fellows were welcomed
to the Section. Lisa Heitz-Mayfield
was elected Chair; Anthony Dawson
Education Delegate; Chris Evans Study
Club Coordinator, and Robert Santosa
Communications Officer.

A Speaker Development Day was heldin Melbourne in October. The Section also had a visit from ITI President
Daniel Buser and Kati Benthaus fromthe ITI Center, coincidentally marking
the 10,000th ITI Member, Jocelyn Shandfrom Melbourne. The year has also
been marked by an increase in thenumber of Study Clubs in the Section,
which currently has 16 Study Clubs
around Australasia and is growing fast.
The Section would like to thank Stephen
Chen for all his work and efforts as
Section Chairman over the past four
years.
The Section experienced strong growthon the back of its full program of
activities. At the end of 2011, the Section increased the number of its Fellows
from 25 to 33 and its Members from
580 to 727. This represents more than
25 percent growth over the previous
year.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Lisa Heitz-Mayfield

Education Delegate:
Anthony Dawson

Study Club Coordinator:
Christopher Evans

Communications Officer:
Robert Santosa

Section Administrator:
Angela Young

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Austrian Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Ingrid Grunert

Education Delegate:
Alexander Gaggl

Study Club Coordinator:
Andrea Albert-Kiszely

Section Administrator:
Slaven Krajinovic

In 2011, the Section concentrated
on raising awareness of the ITI andthe opportunities it offers Fellows andMembers. To this end, it appointed
a Study Club Coordinator – Andrea
Albert-Kiszely – and established five
Study Clubs throughout the country
which held a total of 14 meetingsin 2011. These were a great successand included the participation of
distinguished international speakers
from various universities. During theStudy Club meetings, presentations
were made on the ITInet, highlighting
its many benefits, particularly theopportunities for networking.
In January Markus Theis took over as
Section Administrator and handed on
his responsibilities to Slaven Krajinovic
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The Section met in September for theannual Section meeting, which took
place in Salzburg and provided presentations made by international speakers
on various topics.
At the end of 2011, the Austrian Section
had 14 Fellows and 68 Members.

Belgian Section
The Belgian Section, establishedin 2008, delivered a varied programin 2011 to reach a broad audience.
The Section expanded its activities invarious areas such as the Study Clubs,
where it established five Study Clubs
around the country that held a total of
16 meetings throughout the year. The
goal of the Study Club concept is todevelop regional activities in which
both knowledge-sharing between participants as well as presentations on
implant dentistry can take place. The
frequent meetings and the numberof participants in the Study Clubs showthat ITI Members and guests alikewelcome this concept. Some ITI Fellows
also participated in the activities
organized by the French ITI Section.
The ITI Congress Benelux took placein Amsterdam on June 10 and 11.
More than 300 participants came tolisten to a faculty of internationaland national speakers talking about“Speeding up procedures, but what if
things go wrong?” Among the international speakers were Daniel Buser,
Giovanni E. Salvi, Irena Sailer and Julia
Wittneben. From Belgium, Ignace
Naert talked about “Prosthetic-related
issues” and Eric Rompen discussed“Prevention and management of soft
tissue complications with a particularfocus on the aesthetic zone”.

During this congress, Daniel Buser
took the opportunity to present
the 16 th André Schroeder Research Prize
to Nikola Saulacic for his experimental
study on “Bone apposition to a titanium-zirconium alloy implant surface”.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Geert Orbie

Education Delegate:
Didier Blase

The symposium at the KUL (Catholic
University of Leuven) in autumn, with
Urs Belser as speaker, was yet anotherexample of the qualitative presentations
the Belgian Section strives for.
However, discussion within the Section
is not limited to implant dentistry only.
For example, Bart Vandenberghe helda workshop on “Digital Impressions: thefuture of the present”. Dr. Vandenberghe
has a Master’s in Medical Imaging.
His overview provided insight into thevarious application possibilities andbenefits of digital impressions.

Study Club Coordinator:
Stefan Matthijs(Flemish)Didier Eycken(French)Communications Officer:
Dirk van Assche

Section Administrator:
Dieter Handsaeme

The Section was happy to welcome
a new Fellow in 2011, France Lambert.
France Lambert has a lot of experiencein implant dentistry and was alreadyan enthusiastic guest at several ITI activities. She was awarded an ITI Scholarship to Harvard in 2005.
At the end of 2011, the Section had
9 Fellows and 103 Members.

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Brazilian Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Mauricio Araujo

Education Delegate:
Wagner Duarte

Study Club Coordinator:João Garcez-Filho

Section Administrator:
Marcelo Tancredo

The Brazilian Section focused on
growth in 2011 primarily through theimplementation of Study Clubs alongwith the necessary training. It also
spent time on increasing awarenessof the ITInet and the opportunities it
offers its membership.
There were a number of Leadership
Team changes during the year. Wagner
Duarte handed on his duties as Study
Club Coordinator to Gojko Cvijic, who
passed on his duties to João GarcezFilho at the end of the year. Wagner
Duarte became the Section Education
Delegate, taking over from Julio Cesar
Joly.
During the year, the Section held
one Section meeting, three regional
meetings as well as an ITI Study Club
Director Meeting with ITI President
Daniel Buser. A Speaker Development
course was held in Campinas at which
the participants proved not only theirreadiness to communicate but also
to perfect their cooking skills. A professional chef was on hand to steer theactivities towards a delicious meal foreveryone.

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In 2011, the Section experienced morethan 10 percent growth by increasing
the number of its Members from 293
to 325. The number of Fellows stayed
constant at 33.

Canadian Section
In 2011, the focus of the Canadian
Section was on growth for the Section
as a whole using various measures.
At the top of the list was establishing
more Study Clubs and increasing thenumber of meetings held. The Section
also worked on promoting the ITInet
as a communications tool as well as
improving communications between
Fellows and Members in general andincreasing attendance at Section eventsand meetings. A new member ofthe Leadership Team was appointed:
Majd Al Mardini is now taking careof all communications matters for theSection.
By the end of the year, the numberof Study Clubs had risen dramatically:
68 meetings were held by the 22 Study
Clubs. Study Club Coordinator William
Abbott undertook a weekend Study
Club tour on October 19 and 20 andtraveled to Edmonton, Alberta andVancouver, British Columbia. He madepresentations on the ITI as an organization and talked about the ITI Study
Club concept, current status and futuregoals. His tour was a great successand had a great impact on the numberof new Study Clubs formed as wellas positively affecting membershipnumbers.

A Speaker Development session took
place in Montreal on May 7, 2011, where
the Canadian Fellows learned about
intra-oral photography. It was followedby the Section meeting which lookedat creating more Study Clubs, attracting
more Members, and also discussed
the next Canadian congress and the ITI
Education Week.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Timothy W. Head

Education Delegate:
Robert Carmichael

Study Club Coordinator:

The ITI Education Week at Holland
Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital,
Toronto, from October 26–29, 2011
was a great success. The four-day program is based on the ITI’s philosophy ofevidence-based treatment approaches
and consists of lectures, live broadcasts
of procedures, and hands-on exercises.
The next ITI Education Week is set for
October 24–27, 2012.

William Abbott

Communications Officer:
Majd Al Mardini

Section Administrator:
Alain Laroche

In 2011, the Canadian Section increased
the number of its Members from 279
to 387 and had 31 Fellows.

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Chinese Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Zuolin Wang

Education Delegate:
Lei ZhouStudy Club Coordinator:
Yucheng Su

Communications Officer:
Bo Chen

The great success of the 3rd ITI National
Congress held from September 21–23
in Nanjing was the highlight of 2011.
Thanks to the contribution of DanielBuser, Stephen Chen, and Dean Morton
as well as the national Leadership
Team, the congress attracted an unprecedented 900 participants. The
number of attendees is among the highest for an implant-dentistry-related
congress in China. The leadership
meeting was held during the national
congress with the participation ofDaniel Buser and Kati Benthaus.
In this meeting, it was decided that the
4 th National Congress will be held in
Shanghai in 2013.

Section Administrator:

The Chinese Section continues to put
emphasis on the promotion of the ITIStudy Club concept. An annual Section
meeting was held at the end of theyear with all eight Study Club Directors
and invited Fellows. Though implantdentistry has developed quickly in
China in recent years, due to the lackof education and training in this fieldin the past, considerable efforts andpatience need to be applied in order tosee progress.

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The ITI Treatment Guide series and SAC
Classification have proven to be very
helpful in discussion as part of Study
Club activities and strengthen theimage of the ITI as the leading providerof evidence-based implant education.
Luca Cordaro took time to give a lecture
on bone level implants at one of theStudy Club meetings.
A Speaker Development program
was initiated and will be repeated ona regular basis.
At the end of 2011, the Section had
16 Fellows and 114 Members.

Danish Section
The Danish Section focused its energy
on supporting the Study Club initiativeand by the end of 2011 had managed
to establish seven Study Clubs aroundthe country. 245 participants attended
the 16 meetings held throughout theyear. Among the topics covered were
the presentation of the SAC classification system and basic surgical techniques for implant installation. The useof membranes for GBR, one- or twostage bone augmentation procedures,complications during implant therapy
and how to avoid them as well as
prognosis and prosthetic complicationsin implant dentistry were also discussed.
Beyond its standard evening courses,
the Section also held a Section meetingwith Niklaus P. Lang as the main speaker,
who talked about “New advances inosseointegration – the significance for
implant stability”.

In organizational terms, one Study Club
Director and one Fellow meeting were
held. At the end of 2011, the Section
had 13 Fellows and 248 Members.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Merete Aaboe

Education Delegate:
Simon Storgård Jensen

Study Club Coordinator:
Erik Andersen

Communications Officer:
Andreas Stavropoulos

Section Administrator:
Lizette Riley

The Section’s major educational activity
was the 3rd national congress, with the
topic “Prevention and managementof complications in implant dentistry”.
The scientific program featured national
and international speakers – including
ITI President Daniel Buser and Dean
Morton, and covered aspects related toboth biological and technical /prosthetic
complications, including prognosis
of dental implants. The congress wasattended by around 230 participants –a large number for national standards.

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Dutch Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Christiaan
ten Bruggenkate

Education Delegate:
Daniel Wismeijer“Speeding up procedures, but what if
things go wrong?” was the theme of thesecond ITI Congress Benelux that took
place in Amsterdam in June. The program and speakers, among them DanielBuser, Irena Sailer, Julia Wittneben
and Giovanni Salvi from Switzerland,
were well received and appreciated by
the more than 300 participants.

Study Club Coordinator:
Geert Stoker

In addition to the congress, the Section
put effort into rolling out the Study
Club initiative by establishing new Study
Clubs and organizing meetings. The
annual Section meeting took place in
Corpus Leiden with a scientific meetingon the use of bisphosphonates andantibiotics in connection with implantdentistry. ITI theme evenings were alsoorganized that covered various implantdentistry topics. As in previous years,
they were well received by the participants.

Communications Officer:

At the end of 2011, the Section had
14 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 239 to 252.

Ali Tahmaseb

Section Administrator:
Joos van Riet

Finnish Section
The efforts of the Finnish Section went
in two directions during 2011: the upcoming national congress on September
14 and 15, 2012 and establishing Study
Clubs.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Tom Lindholm

Education Delegate:
Juhani Laine

Study Club Coordinator:
Antti Niskanen

Section Administrator:
Pauliina Puukko

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Four Section Leadership meetings
were held in 2011, largely devoted tothe organization of the national congress entitled “When surgery meets
prosthetics”. The faculty is headed byguest speaker Ronald Jung from the
University of Zurich, complemented bynational speakers and a great programthat also offers parallel sessions.

The annual Section meeting was heldin Helsinki together with a Fellow
meeting and two Study Clubs were
established in Helsinki and Turku thatwere greeted with much enthusiasm
by their participants.
In 2011, the Finnish Section had
14 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 37 to 45.

French Section
One of the main goals of the French
Section for 2011 was to strengthen
relations between its Speakers andMembers and many measures were
implemented to this end. With the helpof Thomas Kiss, the French Section
domain on the ITInet was launched andMembers can now contribute to a forum
and see all the information concerning
the French Section in their own language. The growing activity in theforum is a well-deserved reward forthe work undertaken.

During 2011, the Section Leadership
Team spent time preparing the program
for the next national congress that isscheduled to take place in February
2013, and also to finalize an upcoming
multicenter prospective study on short
implants.
At the end of 2011, the Section had
13 Fellows and 119 Members.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Paul Rousseau

Education Delegate:
Hervé Buatois

Study Club Coordinator:
Antoine Rimmer

Section Administrator:

In September, the Section welcomed
German Gallucci from the Harvard
School of Dental Medicine, who took
the opportunity to explain his vision of
implant dentistry through presentationand discussion. As the mainstay of
the Section, Study Club meetings took
place regularly and benefited froma boost thanks to a visit from ITI President Daniel Buser. About 10 Study
Clubs were active by the end of 2011,
with the promise of more to come.

Lotfi Madaoui

The educational component of theSection’s program did not suffer either,with the launch of two additional
training centers in the eastern andRhône regions for “straightforward
surgery”, thus ensuring nationwide
coverage.

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German Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Gerhard Wahl

Education Delegate:
Hendrik Terheyden

Study Club Coordinator:
Karl Andreas Schlegel

Communications Officer:

In addition to the intensive and timeconsuming preparations for the national
congress that took place in Cologne inspring 2012, the German Section also
concentrated on developing the Study
Club concept further and increasing thenumber of Members in the Section.
All three areas produced outstanding
results and, with more than 500 Fellows
and Members and 50 Study Clubsby the end of 2011, the German Section
was able to outstrip its own ambitious
goals significantly.

Georg BachSection Administrator:
Thomas Kreuzwieser

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The German Section met twice during
the year: in February for its annual
Fellow meeting in Eltville with anaccompanying excellent scientific program and then later on in fall in Mainz
for the Young ITI Symposium. Bilal
Al-Nawas was responsible for putting
together an ambitious program for thelatter entitled “Innovation in implantdentistry – future or reality?” Speakerseminars that outlined the ITInet
Speaker Library offering and its many
possibilities as well as workshops
dealing with the preparation of professional presentations were in great
demand.

The Section Leadership Team expanded
to include the new Communications
Officer – Georg Bach.
By the end of the year, the German
Section had 90 Fellows and increased
the number of its Members from 331
to 428.

Hellenic Section
Organization of the ITI Study Clubs took
center stage for the Hellenic Section
in 2011. The concept of the Study Clubwas met with great enthusiasm by the
Greek and Cypriot ITI Members andhas been one of the main attractions
for dental professionals to join the ITI.
Currently, nine Study Clubs have been
established in Greece and two in Cyprus.
The ITInet platform has greatly facilitated the administration of these Study
Clubs.
The second implant curriculum was
successfully completed in June 2011.
Participants were exposed to a comprehensive continuing education courseorganized in eight modules administered over 17 days in total. This year,
emphasis was on the improvementof treatment planning skills as wellas hands-on surgical and prosthetic
exercises. The enhancement of teaching
through videos of clinical procedures
and attendance of live surgeries, bothin an office as well as in a hospitalsetting, also played a central role.

In 2011, the Hellenic Section held three
one-day educational events. The topic
of the first event was immediate loading.
For the second event, the Section invited Luca Cordaro and Mario Roccuzzo,
who shared their experience and expertise on the management of patientswith advanced periodontal disease
and severely compromised dentition.
The third educational event covered
the prevention and management of biological, surgical and prosthetic complications in implant dentistry and guided
bone regeneration. Currently, theSection Leadership Team is preparing
the third National ITI Congress that will
be held in Athens in September 2012
with the participation of international
and local ITI speakers.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Nikitas Sykaras

Education Delegate:
Sophocles Voyiazis

Study Club Coordinator:
Ioannis Fourmousis

Communications Officer:
George Vilos

Section Administrator:
Alex Kosmas

Despite the unfavorable financial
situation in Greece, the Hellenic Section
experienced an impressive increase
in its membership in 2011. At the endof 2011, the Section had 11 Fellows and
187 Members.

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Iberian Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Juan Blanco Carrión

Education Delegate:
Ricardo Faria Almeida

Study Club Coordinator:
Giuliano Fragola

Section Administrator:
Gabriel LealAt the end of 2010, the Iberian Section
set itself the goal of increasing Section
membership by 20 percent. It plannedto achieve this goal through a strong
program of activities and, in particular,
by setting up ITI Study Clubs in Spain
and Portugal.
In March, the Section took the opportunity to combine a number of eventswith a one-day congress that took
place in Porto. The excellent scientificprogram attracted 70 participants.
A Section Leadership meeting and Section meeting for Fellows and Members
also took place. Time was scheduled
for a speaker support workshop for
37 Spanish speakers that provided information about the ITInet and alsopresented the conclusions of the last
ITI Consensus Paper. And finally theoccasion also served to launch theSection’s first Study Club with 23 participants.
Two further Leadership meetings took
place in May in Oviedo and Octoberin Tenerife and, in combination with thelatter, Spanish ITI Members took partin a one-day event on the statisticalmanagement of clinical data and periodontal plastic surgery.

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By the end of the year, the Section
had set up 23 Study Clubs, increasing
the number of its Members from 244
to 321, with a total of 38 Fellows.
This represents an increase of 27 percent over the previous year’s membership figures.

Italian Section
During 2011, Section activity focusedon two main targets: Study Club growthand national congress organization.
Thanks to the efforts of the Leadership
Team both activities were very successful. The establishment of 19 Study
Clubs, with 57 meetings and 1,066
participants throughout the country
was the basis for the great successof the national congress, which took
place in Florence in November and wasattended by about 900 participants.
Top national speakers came to lecturein this beautiful city and contributed toa unique scientific program. An industry
exhibition as well as a research andclinical case competition completed
the range of activities. Marco Aglietta
and Ferruccio Torsello won the researchcompetition and Stefan Storelli wasawarded first place in the clinical casecompetition.

The Section also organized SAC
courses: one Straightforward coursewith 11 participants and four Advanced
courses, with 77 participants. At theend of 2011 the Section had 34 Fellows(33 Fellows and 1 Senior Fellow) and390 Members.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Luca Cordaro

Education Delegate:
Sandro Siervo

Study Club Coordinator:
Giacomo Oteri

Communications Officer:
Raffaele Cavalcanti

Section Administrator:
Luca Canevari

A pre-congress course offered in English
with simultaneous translation into
Italian was an excellent opportunity
for non-Italian speakers to participate.
It was held by Hans-Peter Weber,
Tufts University Boston, and German
O. Gallucci, Harvard University Boston.

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Japanese Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Eiji Funakoshi

Education Delegate:
Hideaki Katsuyama

Study Club Coordinator:
Makoto Shiota

Section Administrator:
Takahisa Taoka

2011 was a difficult year for Japan withthe earthquake, tsunami and ensuing
turmoil. Nevertheless, the Section
managed to carry out many of its
planned activities. The national congress was planned but was replaced
by a charity event in July. The event
comprised a scientific program of fivelectures on different approaches toteamwork in implant dentistry. It was
attended by ITI President Daniel Buser,
who handed over a check for 10 million
Japanese Yen (USD 130,000) to Peace
Winds Japan – a non-governmentalorganization dedicated to supporting
people in distress. The sum is madeup of revenues from the event as wellas donations from ITI Fellows andMembers worldwide.
The Section began the year with
18 Study Clubs and then added a further
12 – four of which are in the Tohoku
area where the earthquake took place.
58 Study Club meetings took place
during the year with a total of 870 participants. The Section also held four
Leadership meetings, a Study Club
Director meeting, two Fellow meetings
as well as a Section meeting that drew
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Three Treatment Guide seminars on
volume 4 were held in Osaka, Hiroshima,
and Nagoya in November with a totalof 230 participants. The Section also
reviewed and updated its Section website and opened its Congress website
in September in anticipation of thecongress scheduled for June 2012.
By the end of the year, the JapaneseSection had 27 Fellows and had increased the number of its Members
from 603 to 734.

Korean Section
The highlight of the Korean Section’s
year was the national congress heldin Seoul in early July that attracted
more than 200 participants, who cameto listen to national and international
speakers presenting current trends
in implant dentistry. The congress contributed to making the ITI better known
in Korea and worked hand in hand withthe establishment of 14 Study Clubs
around the country.

During the year, the Section also held
two Speaker Development activities,
a Study Club Director meeting with
Luca Cordaro as the guest speaker aswell as four scientific meetings thateach drew between 45 and 66 participants. The scientific meetings wereentitled Forum Days and formed partof the Section’s strategy to increase
membership by offering an attractive
educational program.
At the end of 2011, the Section had
15 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 117 to 172.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Jae-Shin Lee

Education Delegate:
Richard Leesungbok

Study Club Coordinator:
Yong-Dae Kwon

Communications Officer:
Ui-Won Jung

Section Administrator:
Ken Seo

Mexican Section
The Section was very pleased with theoutcome of its first national congress
at which six national and seven international speakers gave presentations.
The international speakers were Niklaus
P. Lang, Urs Belser, Frank Schwarz,
Hideaki Katsuyama, Pedro Tortamano
Neto, Julio Cesar Joly and Javier Fabrega.
More than 600 participants came tolisten and left satisfied with the rangeof topics covered and the expertiseof the speakers.
During the year, more than 10 Study
Clubs were established and with thema new concept for continuing education. One of the Study Clubs even managed to attract international participation at a number of its meetings.

Near the end of the year, the Section
held its annual meeting which drew almost 300 participants and also focusedon developing a strategy to promote
the Section. A new addition to the Section Leadership Team: Bernardo Garza
Garza was elected ITI Communications
Officer.
At the end of 2011, the Section had
11 Fellows and 90 Members.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Juan Carlos Garcia Lara

Education Delegate:
Alejandro Treviño Santos

Study Club Coordinator:
Juan Pablo Villarreal
Zubiria

Communications Officer:
Bernardo Garza Garza

Section Administrator:
Andreas Müller

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Middle East Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Georges Gebran

Education Delegate:
Ninette Banday

Study Club Coordinator:
Nidal Saab

Section Administrator:
David Dias

As a relatively young regional Section
with 14 member countries, the Middle
East Section is working hard to increase
its membership figures in each country
and also to develop a sense of belonging
that unites its Fellows and Members
across national borders.
Given the increase in membership feesin 2011, the Section took pains to offer
a full program of educational activities
with the aim of ensuring that current
Members stay with the Section and to
attract new Members via Study Club
activities.
A new Study Club was established in
Amman and during the year, eight
Study Clubs held a total of 22 events.
The UAE Study Clubs managed to get
CME accreditation from the Abu Dhabi
Health Authority towards license renewal to practice in the UAE. Feedback
from Study Club participants was very
positive.
In May, the Section held its firstregional congress in Beirut, which wasa resounding success. More than
500 participants attended, including
a number of visitors from Europe andAmerica. The program was presented
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Among the other meetings held by the
Section were a Speaker Development
workshop at the University of Sharjah,
UAE, a Study Club Director meeting,three Fellow and leadership meetings
and an annual Section meeting.
By the end of the year, the Section had
increased the number of its Fellows
from 12 to 19 and had 148 Members.

South East Asian Section
The ITI’s 27 th Section was approvedat the Annual General Meeting inBarcelona in 2011. The South East Asian
Section is made up of 11 countries:
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea,
the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
and Vietnam. Currently, the Section
has Fellows or Members in only sevenof these countries.
The Section held its first Fellow meetingon October 9, 2011 in Singapore.
Twelve of the 15 Fellows attended themeeting along with ITI President DanielBuser and Kati Benthaus. The meeting
endorsed the Leadership Team madeup of Sharifah Alhabshi (Malaysia)
as Chair, Alvin Yeo (Singapore) as Education Delegate, Chatchai Kunavisarut(Thailand) as Study Club Coordinatorand Chi Cheong Yip (Malaysia) as Communications Officer. The participantsalso made plans for the first annual Section meeting in May 2012 in Kuching,
Malaysia with Stephen Chen as the keynote speaker as well as the ITI National
Congress 2013 in Thailand.

The Section had eight active Study
Clubs – four in Thailand, two in Indonesia
and one each in Singapore and Malaysia.
A total of 22 Study Club events weresuccessfully conducted with 872 participants and an average of about 39 participants per event. Just over 500 of
the participants were guests, making up
58 percent of the participants. The Section is making every effort to convince
these guests to join the ITI.
Fourteen new Fellows were approvedin May and December 2011 and Thailand
has 10 Fellows, followed by five in
Malaysia, four in Singapore and three
in Indonesia.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Sharifah Alhabshi

Education Delegate:
Alvin Yeo

Study Club Coordinator:
Chatchai KunavisarutCommunications Officer:
Chi Cheong Yip

By the end of the year, the Section had
22 Fellows and 157 Members.

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Southern African Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Gerrit Wyma

Education Delegate:
Paul van Zyl

Study Club Coordinator:
Pieter Wolfaardt

Communications Officer:

The main goals of the ITI Southern
African Section for 2011 were to expand
the membership pool and the numberof Study Clubs hosted in the main city
centers throughout South Africa. The
Section also set out to get actively
involved in the postgraduate diploma
course in implantology at the Universityof Pretoria. The leadership structurechanged in that Pieter Wolfaardt wasappointed Study Club Coordinator andChristiaan Vorster joined the Section
Leadership Team as Communications
Officer.

Christiaan Vorster

Section Administrator:
Peter Anderson

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The main activity of the Section was
to host the ITI National Congress in
Pretoria in July 2011 entitled “Management of Esthetics in Implant Dentistry”.
The main speakers at the congress
were Will Martin and Brody Hildebrandfrom the United States, complementing
local speakers from South Africa.
The congress was well attended by ITIMembers and non-Members alike.
It was preceded by a very successful
Speaker Development and photography
course also presented by international
speakers.

The ITI’s involvement in the Universityof Pretoria training program was to help
with the lectures and live demonstrations in line with the SAC classification.
Two courses were run throughout 2011
and another student intake is plannedfor 2012. The Section membershippool also increased as a result of thestudents attending the diploma course.
These students clearly indentified
the benefits of becoming members of
the ITI.
The Cape Town Study Club divided
into two Study Clubs, each hosting four
events during 2011. There are several
new Study Clubs planned for 2012,
which will expand the ITI’s presence inSouthern Africa.
By the end of 2011, the Section had
13 Fellows and 189 Members.

Swedish Section
The sixth national congress – “festITIval”– was held in April in Stockholm andthe main theme was “Open windows
facing the future – digital techniques
and new materials for both implant andconventional treatment”. More than
500 attendees from Sweden, Norway
and Finland participated in the congress.
Among the lecture topics were:“Computer-assisted implant planningand surgery; daily practice of futuretools?” by Ronald Jung, “Stem cells
for peri-implant tissue engineering” by
George Sándor, and “Implant treatment
planning software – an essential toolof gadgetry” by Daniel Wismeijer.

Alongside the congress, the Swedish
ITI Section held its annual Section
meeting. A new Leadership Team waselected and as the main focus for 2012,
the Section Leadership Team decided
to establish further ITI Study Clubs
throughout the country and plan theseventh national seminar in June thatwill deal with digital implant planning.
The seventh national congress is tobe held in April 2013 in Stockholmwith the title “Complications and future
perspectives in implant dentistry”,
several international lecturers are to be
invited. During 2011, three Study Clubs
were run with a total of seven well received meetings.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Ola Norderyd

Education Delegate:
Lars-Åke Johansson

Study Club Coordinator:
Kerstin Fischer

Communications Officer:
Göran Bergkvist

Section Administrator:

At the end of 2011, the Swedish Section
had 17 Fellows and 93 Members.

Karin Inger

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Swiss Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Bruno Schmid

Education Delegate:
Nicola Zitzmann

The Section started with a new Leadership Team headed by Bruno Schmid
as Chair. The team worked well together
and put a lot of effort into improving
communications with Section members.
A combined Fellow/Speaker/Study Club
Director meeting was held in Bern inMarch with the focus on the new Study
Club concept.

during his visit to Switzerland, to a
combined Study Club meeting in Bernwhere he provided the participants
with a lively lecture on “40 tips andtricks for avoiding and managing
complications”. The Section also held
24 ITI courses in the country’s threelanguages and approved 19 additional
ITI Speakers to bring the total up to 47.

An additional Study Club was established in order to serve dentists in theUpper Valais. A total of 91 meetings
were held by 34 Study Clubs throughout the year, which were attended
by almost 1,300 dentists. The Section
thanked five outgoing Study Club
Directors for their valuable contribution
over previous years and welcomed
their successors. It was also a great
pleasure to welcome Anthony Dickinson,

Last but not least, the Section concentrated on the organization of its firstnational congress in Biel in May 2012.

Study Club Coordinator:
Irena Sailer

Communications Officer:
Isabelle Annaheim

Section Administrator:
Heinz P. Frei

At the end of 2011, the Section had
78 Fellows and 1,024 Members.

Taiwanese Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:Alex Tsai

Education Delegate:
Phoebe Kung

Study Club Coordinator:
Iok-Chao Pang

In 2011, the Taiwanese Section
launched the Study Club initiative anda total of four Study Clubs held 16
meetings during the year. In addition,
the Section also invited Stephen Chen
to Taiwan to give a very well attended
lecture for the Section meeting withan accompanying scientific program
entitled “From concept to reality –timing and risk assessment of esthetic
implants” that was held on August 21.
The scientific meeting was one of thebiggest dental events in Taiwan in 2011.

The Section was very pleased to welcome two ITI Scholars back to Taiwan.
Chih-Long Chen finished a one-year
program in Amsterdam and Lian-Ping
Mau spent a year in San Antonio, Texas.
In October, the Section was able tosend out a further two Scholars. Bothare in Germany: Wei-Ni Lin is in Bonnand Chia-Jung Cheng in Mainz. The
Section looks forward to their return
bearing valuable knowledge gathered
during their Scholar experience.
At the end of 2011, the Section increased the number of its Fellows from
5 to 11 and had 50 Members.

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Turkish Section
The Turkish Section enjoyed a very
busy and active year during which
it worked to expand and implement
Study Clubs throughout the country andincrease use of the ITInet among its
membership.
The year’s educational highlight was
the national congress held in Istanbul
in May that drew more than 400 participants to listen to presentations on“Questioning the conservative approachand dental implantology without failure”.
Among the guest speakers were DanielBuser and Urs Belser.
Four Leadership meetings were held
during the year as well as the traditional
Section meeting at the end of Novemberthat took place in Antalya. The scientific program for the meeting was led
by guest speaker Bilal Al-Nawas from
Germany along with nine national
speakers. This meeting was combinedwith a Speaker Development activity
that focused on optimizing presentations using Photoshop as well as a Study
Club Director meeting.

During the year, 20 education meetings
were held in 20 cities as well as a twoday course on implant dentistry at SAC
Advanced level – a total of 380 ITIMembers attended these courses.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Haldun Iplikcioglu

Education Delegate:

The Section is very pleased that Study
Club Coordinator Kivanç Akça has been
assigned to serve on the Study ClubCore Group and that Turkish is now theninth ITI core language.
By the end of the year, the Section increased the number of its Fellows from
20 to 26 and its Members from 265
to 338.

Selim Ersanli

Study Club Coordinator:
Kivanç Akça

Communications Officer:
Bilge Gokcen-Rohlig

Section Administrator:
Cuneyt Bastimur

The Section’s initial 10 Study Clubs
ran a total of 40 meetings during theyear and an additional six new Study
Clubs were established near the end of
the year that held their first meetingsin December.

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UK & Irish Section
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Philip Freiberger

Education Delegate:
Charlotte Stilwell

Study Club Coordinator:
Pedja Pavlovic

Communications Officer:
Colin Campbell

Section Administrator:

2011 was another excellent year for
the UK and Ireland Section of the ITI.
The main highlight of the year for theSection was the ITI Congress UK & Ireland held in Liverpool from December 1
to 3. The Section was able to welcome
Daniel Buser and Urs Belser who provided a pre-congress master classthat was very well received by all who
attended. Following this there were twodays of an excellent scientific program
including speakers such as Ken Hebel,
Frank Schwarz and Daniel Wismeijer.
There were also parallel programs forthe dental team and dental technicians.
The congress welcomed almost 500 participants to Liverpool for a wonderfuleducational and social event.

Alan Goldie

Aside from this, the ITI UK and Ireland
Section was delighted to see two of
its Members, Neel Patel and Rachel
Tabor, awarded scholarships throughthe ITI Scholarship program and also to
see one of its Fellows, Nikos Mardas,
awarded first place at the EAO researchprize in Athens.

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The Section looks forward to anotherfantastic year in 2012 when it has been
given the privilege of hosting the ITIAnnual General Meeting in London on
September 1.
At the end of the year, the Section
had 37 Fellows while the number ofMembers grew from 577 to 683.

US Section
2011 was a banner year for the US Section in which the goals set at the endof 2010 were all by far surpassed. The
national congress held in Boca Raton,
Florida in April received top marks
from its more than 750 participants.
Particularly appreciated was the innovative “Tech Hall” with its 12 different
technology pods that were repeatedevery half-hour. Each pod consisted ofa 25-minute program treating a technological topic, some of which involved
patients and animal specimens as wellas various dental models. This segmentof the program was so well received
that it will also be part of the 2013 ITI
Congress North America in Chicago,
where the Section is joining forces
with the Canadian Section to bring thecontinent an even bigger and better
program. The next congress is runningunder the title: “Connectivity in Implant
Dentistry: Putting the Pieces Together”
and will be held in early April 2013.
The Section Leadership Team worked
very hard to promote the new Study
Club concept and establish as many
Study Clubs as possible throughout thecountry. This resulted in a dramaticincrease in Members for the Section.
104 new Study Clubs were establishedby the end of the year.

The Section had a change in leadership in 2011 when Hans-Peter Weber,
Jim Ruskin and Jeff Thomas rotated
off the Leadership Team to be replaced
by Dean Morton, Frank Higginbottom
and Will Martin. The Section would liketo express its thanks for the outgoingteam’s passion, efforts and commitment to growth and excellence within
the Section.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Dean Morton

Education Delegate:
Frank L. Higginbottom

Study Club Coordinator:
Paul Fugazzotto

In support of the Study Club initiative,
a Study Club Director meeting was held
in Boca Raton in April where information was given on creating and managing
the Study Clubs. This proved to be avery useful meeting as it allowed the
Study Club Directors to exchange information on how to make their club more
attractive while also offering an educational program that is in line with the
ITI philosophy.

Communications Officer:
William Martin

Section Administrator:
Gino DeSimone

In October a Fellow meeting was heldin Dallas at the same time as the Section’s executive, education and scientific meetings. During the open session
all fellowship nominees were asked
to make a 15-minute presentation
to the Fellows – the presentations were
found to be both entertaining as wellas educational.
By the end of 2011, the US Section
increased the number of its Fellows
from 87 to 103 and more than doubled
the number of its Members from 740
to 1,767.

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ITI Association
In 2011, the organization experienced rapid and substantial membership growth,
although annual fees also had to be increased for Members for the first timein the ITI’s history in order to contribute to the steadily expanding range of benefits offered to Members. These two factors led to a more than two-fold increasein overall revenues that came to well above CHF 2.5 million. The Association’s
operating costs, a large portion of which include partial reimbursements to the ITIFoundation in return for its contribution to membership benefits and activities,
reflect this membership growth and accordingly doubled to almost CHF 2.5 million.
The overall operating profits of the ITI Association remained positive.

ITI Association Financial Statement 20111
2011

in CHF2010

256,7932,429,168
2,932
2,688,893

233,782
1,092,474
1,692
1,327,948

2,487,013

1,201,863

201,880

126,085

Revenues
Annual Fellowship Fee, Net
Annual Membership Fee, Net
Other Income
Total Revenues
Costs
Total Operating Costs
Operating Profit
1

Extract from the financial statements. Complete financial statements for 2011
are available at the domicile of the ITI Association.

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ITI Foundation2011 and 2012 have been designated years of heavy investment towards the fulfillment of the ITI’s Vision 2017 and its goal to become a leading provider of
evidence-based education in implant dentistry. Expenditures for 2011 were therefore accordingly significantly higher than revenues.
As a non-World Symposium year, revenues from educational events were lower
than in the previous year but not significantly so due to income from the national
congresses, for whose organization the ITI took overall responsibility in 2011,
as well as an increase in income from Education Weeks, which continued to gain
momentum.
Expenditures were higher, despite lower expenses for individual items such as
the University Programs that no longer require seed money to set up the individualCenters of Excellence and Research which came in just under budget.
“Global Education” expenditure, referring to items such as national congresses
and other umbrella education projects, was lower than in the previous World
Symposium year but still high due to the heavy financial investment in the national
congresses. Given the strong financial support currently being received by the
newly launched Study Club initiative, the reporting structure has been adapted toenhance transparency of costs and Study Clubs are therefore listed separately.
In the previous year, Study Club costs were included under the Section & Membership budget. Section activities also increased in 2011, leading to a corresponding
increase in expenditures of more than CHF 1 million.
As the ITI grew, along with its activities, the ITI Center also expanded to copewith additional organizational responsibilities. Marketing & Communication costs
also came in higher, due in part to a global image campaign that ran in 2011.
Costs for IT projects, which were negligible in 2010 and therefore reported as partof ITI Center, are now reported as a separate item for greater transparency. In 2011,
the ITI invested significantly in upgrading the IT platform for administrative processes and services as well as expanding online membership services.

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ITI Foundation Financial Statement 20111
2011

in CHF2010

13,793,045
2,221,038
2,215,465
18,229,548

12,438,184
3,156,847
1,091,488
16,686,519

2,453,836

2,867,793

3,787,442
795,474
1,298,249
3,227,631
5,487,446
14,596,242

4,650,436
1,292,438
1,108,061
523,530
4,103,418
11,677,883

2,933,355
188,991
666,877
359,793
4,149,016

2,374,910
155,965
221,941
10,372
2,763,188

18,229,548
21,199,093–2,969,545

16,686,519
17,308,864–622,345

Operating Revenues
Contributions
Revenues from educational events
Other Revenues
Total Operating Revenues
Operating Costs
Research
Education
Global education
University Programs
Scholarship Program
Study Clubs
Sections & Membership
Total Education
General Administration
ITI Center
Board of Directors
Marketing & Communication
IT Projects
Total General Administration
Total Operating Revenues
Total Operating Costs
Operating Loss
1

Extract from the financial statements. Complete financial statements for 2011
are available at the domicile of the ITI Foundation.

Overview of ITI Foundation Expenses in 2011
in CHFg Researchg Education
g General Administration

2,453,836
14,596,242
4,149,016

Total

21,199,093

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To the Board of Trustees of
ITI Foundation for the Promotion of Oral Implantology, Basel

Basel, March 30, 2012

Report of the statutory auditor
on the limited statutory examination
As statutory auditor, we have examined the financial statements (balance sheet, statementof operations and notes) of ITI Foundation for the Promotion of Oral Implantology for the year
ended December 31, 2011.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the board of trustees. Our responsibility
is to perform a limited statutory examination on these financial statements. We confirm that
we meet the licensing and independence requirements as stipulated by Swiss law.
We conducted our examination in accordance with the Swiss Standard on the limited statutory
examination. This standard requires that we plan and perform a limited statutory examination
to identify material misstatements in the financial statements. A limited statutory examinationconsists primarily of inquiries of company personnel and analytical procedures as well as
detailed tests of company documents as considered necessary in the circumstances. However,
the testing of operational processes and the internal control system, as well as inquiries andfurther testing procedures to detect fraud or other legal violations, are not within the scope of
this examination.
Based on our limited statutory examination, nothing has come to our attention that causes
us to believe that the financial statements do not comply with Swiss law (Art. 662 CO) as well aswith the deed of foundation.

Ernst & Young Ltd

Christoph Dolensky
Licensed audit expert(Auditor in charge)

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To the General Meeting of the Members of
ITI Association, Basel

Basel, March 30, 2012

Report of the statutory auditor
on the limited statutory examination
As statutory auditor, we have examined the financial statements (balance sheet, statementof operations and notes) of ITI Association for the year ended December 31, 2011.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Committee. Our responsibility is
to perform a limited statutory examination on these financial statements. We confirm that wemeet the licensing and independence requirements as stipulated by Swiss law.
We conducted our examination in accordance with the Swiss Standard on the limited statutory
examination. This standard requires that we plan and perform a limited statutory examination
to identify material misstatements in the financial statements. A limited statutory examinationconsists primarily of inquiries of the Association’s personnel and analytical procedures as well
as detailed tests of the Association’s documents as considered necessary in the circumstances.
However, the testing of operational processes and the internal control system, as well as
inquiries and further testing procedures to detect fraud or other legal violations, are not within
the scope of this examination.
Based on our limited statutory examination, nothing has come to our attention that causes
us to believe that the financial statements do not comply with Swiss law (Art. 957 CO) andthe articles of association.

Ernst & Young Ltd

Christoph Dolensky
Licensed audit expert(Auditor in charge)

Markus Kocher
Licensed audit expert

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