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ITI Annual Report 2012

Facts & Figures 2012

Contents

Globalsince its foundation in 1980, the ITI has grown into a strong
global organization and a leading authority in the field.

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“… to promote anddisseminate knowledge
on all aspects of implantdentistry and related
tissue regeneration
through education andresearch to the benefitof the patient.”

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At the end of 2012, the ITI had 3,381 Members more andexpanded its Fellow base to 858.
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Expenditure
The ITI continues to invest in education and research to a
total of more than 25 million swiss francs.
Expenditure
ITI Foundation and ITI Association(in CHF 1,000)

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More than 30 years to the benefitof the field
President’s Report
ITI education Core Groupand Committee
ITI study Club Core Groupand Commitee
ITI Research Committee
ITI University Programs Committee
ITI scholarship Committee
ITI section & Membership Core Groupand Committee
new Fellows
Honorary Fellowship in 2012Your ITI: How the ITI meetsits Members’ needs

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section Argentina & Uruguay
section Australasia
section Austria
section Belgium
section Brazil
section Canada
section China
section denmark
section Finland
section France
section Germany
section Greece & Cyprus
section Iberia
section Italy
section Japan
section Korea
section Mexico
section Middle east
section netherlands
section norway & sweden
section south east Asia
section southern Africa
section switzerland
section Taiwan
section Turkey & Azerbaijan
section UK & Ireland
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Contact3––≥ Benefits“The ITI creates professional pathways
that are rarely so
openly available withother organizations.
That’s ultimately
the overriding powerof the ITI – to spandistances and reduce
existing limitations
in order to further
knowledge in implantdentistry and provide
better outcomes forour patients.”

More than 30 years
to the beneﬁtof the ﬁeld.
Back in 1980 when the ITI was formed, it was made upof 12 scientists from various disciplines whose thinking

Anthony Dickinson,
ITI Fellow & Board Member,
Australia

was characterized by unbounded curiosity in regard
to the potential of implant dentistry.
over the years, the group grew to around50 members. Their aim was to promote theuse of implants, and also to participate intheir development and related education as
well as building up a body of evidence-basedknowledge.
In the early years, product development wasof key interest and the ITI worked closely withstraumann, offering its results from clinicalpractice and individual experience. The ITI no
longer consults in matters of product development. It does, however, maintain a close
partnership with straumann.
In 2003, the group opened its doors to all
dental professionals with an interest in implantdentistry. Two categories of membership were
defined: Fellows and Members. dental professionals with an interest in implant dentistry
could now register to become an ITI Member.
ITI Fellows, however, are nominated and must
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sit on the organization’s various bodies and are
responsible for the ITI’s strategic direction.
In the intervening more-than-30 years, the ITI
has grown substantially – at the end of 2012,
the ITI had 14,222 Members. From its initial
focus on research, development and education, the ITI now concentrates on researchfunding and education. since 1988 the ITI has
been funding research projects and has todate contributed more than CHF 39 million
to clinical studies that advance the field of
implant dentistry. each year, it also presents
the André schroeder Research Prize to independent researchers for work oriented to
implant dentistry that advances dental
research and development. In addition to theprestige associated with the award, it is accompanied by a cash endowment of CHF 20,000.
The largest proportion of the ITI’s funds isallocated to educational activities. These arecarried out primarily by the ITI’s 27 regionaland country sections. The sections represent

Moreinformation on
the ITI:

www.iti.org––≥ Benefits“The ITI was introduced to me by close colleagues,
who happened to be respected ITI Fellows.
Being curious, I visited the ITI Education Week inBern. It was impressive – so I applied for an ITI
Scholarship, which once again brought me to Bern.
Now, as a recent ITI Fellow, I have committed
myself to gathering knowledge and passing it on
to others in line with the ITI philosophy.”the local level of activities and include national
congresses, study Club meetings, as well as
educational workshops and courses.
national congresses held every three years
allow sections to present a scientific programin the local language geared to the specificneeds of the country. The study Clubs, aimed
at smaller groups, provide an opportunity
to participate in a regular scientific program
as well as to network on a local basis. Thereare currently 650 ITI study Clubs aroundthe world.
At the global level, the ITI regularly organizes
a World symposium that presents cuttingedge science delivered by key opinion leaders.
4,000 professionals participated in the last
World symposium in 2010 and it is widely
regarded as the most important event in theinternational implant dentistry calendar.
In addition to organizing events, the ITI also
provides valuable tools, such as the ITInet –the organization’s online internal portal.
It gives access to reference information suchas documents, publications, and images, aswell as an opportunity to participate in international forum discussions.
Among the publications produced by the ITI
is the Treatment Guide series, now in its sixth
volume and published in all nine of the ITI’s
core languages. The ITI has also publishedthe sAC Classification in Implant dentistrythat is supplemented by the sAC Assessment
Tool for risk assessment.
The impetus for all the above activities
comes from the ITI’s Board of directors andsix Committees and Core Groups – Research,education, scholarship, study Club, University
Programs and section & Membership. everyone offers their time and effort on a voluntarybasis and they are supported in their workby ITI Headquarters in Basel – the organization’s administrative center.

Ulrike Kuchler, ITI Fellow, Switzerland & ITI Scholar 2011/2012 in Bern, Switzerland

In 2012 the ITI increased its membershipfrom 801 to 858 Fellows and 9,983 to
13,364 Members.

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Vision 2017 goals at hand.

Once again, we experienced a year of strong growth, since morethan 3,000 new Members joined the ITI in 2012 to give a total
membership of 14,222 at the end of December. This is not only
in line with the goals of the ITI’s Vision 2017, but actually wellahead of schedule. We are now definitively the largest associationin the field of implant dentistry on the globe. I am strongly
convinced that the extraordinary growth rate over the last two
years directly relates to the fact that, in terms of treatment
recommendations, the ITI represents a safe haven to practitioners
all over the world.

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Our primary focus is on educationand virtually all our activities, with the
exception of the funding of research
projects, are directed towards the goal
to provide implant education throughvarious channels.
Study Clubs
The project that has attracted themost attention in the past two years
is our Study Club concept. When the
Study Clubs were launched in 2010, we
anticipated a good response but thereality far outstripped our expectations.
The number of Study Clubs increased soquickly that in May last year it was felt
necessary to call a halt to the establishment of additional Study Clubs.
A decision was taken by the Board of
Directors to cap the number of Study
Clubs at 650 worldwide in order to allow
time to handle the associated logistics
and consolidate the existing clubs.
Our plan now is to grow each Study Club
to a minimum of 20 members, witha maximum of 30. This does not meanthat new Study Clubs cannot be established at all, but new requests will beconsidered very carefully by the Study
Club Core Group to make sure that any
new Study Clubs are justified.
National congresses
Our second great success story is represented by the national congresses.
In 2012, 10 ITI congresses were offered around the world that ­attracted
more than 5,000 participants. It is
the second year that the ITI has taken
full responsibility for the organizationof the congresses beyond the scientificprogram. Coordinated and handled
by the ITI Headquarters Events Team,working together with the individual
Section Leadership Team, these
congresses have been increasingly
characterized by a strong shared visual
identity and smooth working practices

as the Organizing Committees in thevarious countries and the Events Teamgathered experience. Near the endof the year, a decision was taken by
the Board to reduce the frequency ofnational congresses and from 2015 –the year following the World Symposiumin Geneva – our 27 Sections will eachhold their national congress every three
years on a rotating basis. Smaller Sections have been asked to participate inregional congresses.
Annual budget
Given the intensity and importance of
the above two projects, the ITI invested
significantly in their success over thelast three years, which has had a knockon effect on the organization’s assets.
The ITI Foundation’s outgoings inprevious years have amounted to morethan CHF 21 million per year, while
revenues came to only just over CHF
18 million. In terms of budgets for 2013,
it is now a priority to rebuild a solid
financial buffer. ­Accordingly we havemade a number of adaptations on
a temporary basis. The budget for
research funding was reduced from
CHF 2.5 million to CHF 2.2 and thenumber of ITI Scholars to be supported
in 2013 was reduced from 25 to 20.
As stated above, the number of ITI
Study Clubs was similarly capped at650. All these measures are temporary
and in place only until our assets haverecovered as a result of income fromeducational activities. Despite thesenecessary cost-cutting measures, we arecontinuing to look forwards and invest
in the future. The Board has alreadydefined the project to which it would
like to devote its attention over the
next four years: a new e-learning platform. Following the committee meetings in November, a working group has
been established to define the strategy
and scope of this e-learning platform

Professor Dr. Daniel Buser has been
President of the ITI since 2009. His termof office ends in April 2013.

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The ITI Board of Directors (from left):Gerhard Wahl (Germany), Stephen Chen (Australia), Hideaki Katsuyama (Japan), Beat Spalinger (Switzerland), Hans-Peter Weber (USA),David Cochran (USA), Daniel Buser (Switzerland), Frauke Müller (Switzerland), Gilbert Achermann (Switzerland), Thomas Taylor (USA),
Luca Cordaro (Italy), Anthony Dickinson (Australia).

that is in line with the ITI’s needs andstandards of quality. The group is toreport back in April 2013 and I am fairly
confident that the Board will respondpositively to their recommendations.
ITI Sections
The number of our Sections in 2012
remained steady at 27, but threeof them expanded last year to include
a neighboring country. In this way,
Section Greece is now Section Greece &Cyprus, Section Sweden has combinedforces with Norway to become Section
Norway & Sweden and Section Turkey
will now be known as Section Turkey &Azerbaijan.
ITI Annual Conference
The Scientific Seminar that traditionallyaccompanies the ITI Annual General
Meeting last year opened its doors forthe first time to a broader audience.
In addition to ITI Fellows, ITI Members
and non-affiliated practitioners werealso allowed to attend the almost
full-day conference for a modest fee.
The event was greeted very positively
and will continue to be held each year
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ence that is open to anyone who would
like to attend.
Honorary Fellowship
At the Annual General Meeting lastyear, I had the pleasure of awarding an
Honorary Fellowship to former ITI President Dieter Weingart. This is a privilegethat is very carefully considered andawarded only to Fellows who have contributed significantly to the ITI and its
development over many years. This iscertainly true of Dieter, whose relationship with the ITI goes back more than
20 years and who has contributed not
only through his work as ITI President
from 2005 to 2009 that includes theimportant Vitznau meetings resulting
in the Vision 2017, but also throughhis work on various committees and in
the German Section over the years.
Forum Implantologicum
I would also like to thank Erik HjørtingHansen, a Fellow who has similarly
contributed to the ITI in many ways
over many years. His last office for theorganization has been as Editor-in-Chiefof the Forum Implantologicum. The
ITI’s journal produced its first issue inNovember 2005, which started out asa slim magazine with great ambitions.
Since then Erik has steered its development with a focus on providing a balance between current digested scienceand internal news and views. He hands
over a publication that has matured
and established itself with its readers toa worthy successor: Urs Belser, who islooking forward to guiding the journal
for the coming four years. My thanks
also go to Klaus Lang and Jim Ruskin
who supported Erik Hjørting-Hansen as
specialist Editors on the Forum Implantologicum with their expertise. They
have stepped down from the Editorial
Board after a term of office that lasted
seven years.
ITI World Symposium
Looking ahead, in one year we will
be holding the ITI World Symposium2014 in Geneva. The decision to holdthis event in Geneva again is due tosynergies we have established withthe conference center and its central
location in Europe that serves asa springboard to many other capitals
and countries in the region. Intense
planning for this event began in 2012
and will continue throughout 2013.
Given the success of the last World
Symposium, we anticipate more than
5,000 participants, making it the largest
implant dentistry event ever held. More
important to us as an organization is tomake it the best implant dentistry event
ever. Our topic is “Knowledge is Key”
and leading lecturers and key opinion
leaders will corroborate this claim
by calling on evidence-based findings.
ITI Headquarters
Anyone in regular contact with ITI Headquarters has probably noticed that at
the end of 2012, the ITI Center moved
to a new address a little closer to themain train station in Basel and at thesame time received a new name: ITI
Headquarters. Our relationship to ourcommercial partner in whose offices
the ITI Center was previously locatedremains the same. Both the ITI and
Straumann are leaders in their field andwe benefit mutually from the synergies
that our long relationship has created.
Our independence is important to us asit gives us the freedom to take decisions
as we see fit in our sphere of activities
that focus on evidence-based educationin regard to treatment approaches.
As an independent organization, the ITI
will continue developing its role as theleading provider of implant educationworldwide at the same time as striving
towards becoming the role model fora partnership between an academic
association and industry.

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

I have now come to the end of an­exciting, tough, but also very fulfilling
term of office as ITI President. It has
been personally very satisfying tosee how rapidly we have grown anddeveloped as an organization. We havebecome a younger team with a morediverse composition. On our committees today, we have representatives
from virtually all our Sections and many
more women have an active say in the
ITI’s development. I feel we are very
well aligned to meet the future and thechallenges it holds for us. I will remainvery closely involved with the ITI, albeit
from the sidelines, and take pleasure inhanding on my duties to David Cochran,a close longtime friend of mine, whowill guide the organization for the next
four years very well.

Professor Dr. Daniel Buser
ITI President

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From strength to strength.

Planning for the upcoming ITI Worldsymposium in 2014 was also a priority
in 2012. “Knowledge is Key” wasselected as the umbrella theme andspeakers from all over the world wereinvited to prepare presentations forthe various sessions. Under discussion
will be themes based on digitaldentistry, prevention of complications,and the challenges and limitations
in esthetics. As always, there will besimultaneous translation in more than
10 languages and an extensive accompanying industry exhibition. The
symposium is once again taking placein Geneva at the PALeXPo congress
center, which handled the last symposium very competently and is able
to cope with very large numbers ofvisitors. Between 5,000 and 6,000
visitors are expected at the symposium
which is gearing up to be the largest
implant dentistry event ever.

stephen Chen, Chair of the ITI education Core Group & Committee

A significant part of 2012 was devoted
to preparations for the 5th ITI Consensus
Conference – an important event for
the implant dentistry community, given
its long-term impact on clinical practice. nominated authors of the review
papers were selected and invited toa workshop run by UK specialist Professor Ian needleman in May. The aimof the workshop was to standardize
the methods for undertaking systematic
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and represent the distillation of thelatest peer-reviewed literature that isused as a basis for defining recommendations for best clinical practice. The
results of the 5 th Consensus Conference
are scheduled to be published in
January 2014 in JoMI.

completed a comprehensive review ofthe literature in their nominated topics,
and submitted the manuscripts to
the International Journal for oral andMaxillofacial Implants (JoMI) for
peer review. Following acceptance,
the manuscripts were sent on to theparticipants of the discussion groups.
A total of 110 participants drawn fromthe ITI sections around the world
were selected and invited to attend theConsensus Conference. ITI Consensus
Conferences take place every five years

The organization and running of ITI
national congresses by the sections incooperation with ITI Headquarters had
its second year in 2012. Ten national
congresses took place around the world
with very satisfying results. It is clearthat the sections have worked diligently
to control costs without sacrificing
the quality of the scientific programs.
overall, more than 5,000 participants
attended the national congresses in2012. We have 14 congresses plannedfor 2013 and anticipate that with every
year, our growing experience coupledwith the dedication of the section
Leadership Teams will bring ever better

results. Held in the local language ofthe section and tailored to a national
agenda, these congresses represent
an important tool for the sections tomeet the needs of their Members andto attract non-affiliated practitioners.
From 2015 onwards, the national
congresses will be organized once every
three rather than every two years.

ITI Education Core Group
Chair:
stephen Chen, AustraliaFrank Higginbottom, UsA
simon storgård Jensen, denmark
Johannes Kleinheinz, Germany
Waldemar daudt Polido, Brazil
Charlotte stillwell, UK
Alejandro Treviño santos, Mexico

The ITInet has gone from strength tostrength and continues to be expandedwith valuable data and services. By
the end of 2012, volumes 1 to 5 of theTreatment Guide series were uploaded
for reference and the multilingualversion of the online sAC Assessment
Tool was also uploaded to both the
public website and the ITInet, alongside
the 9-language version of the app forthe iPad. The version of the tool for
Fellows and Members has the added
option of a PdF of the risk assessmentthat can be exported to dental management software or to print. With thegrowing prominence of the ITInet asa key tool for promoting ITI activities,
the addition of the global events
calendar last year has made it mucheasier to follow events around theworld. Users are able to call up local,
national and international events anddefine parameters for the type of eventthat they may be interested in.

Paul van Zyl, south Africa
nicola Zitzmann, switzerland
Michael Homm, switzerland

With education as the main thrustof the ITI’s activities, the subjectof e-learning has long been underdiscussion. In november last year, theBoard engaged an external specialist
to collaborate with a working group
to investigate the options and scope foran ITI e-learning platform that would
meet the wide-ranging needs of theentire ITI membership. A decision will
be taken on the findings of this groupin April 2013.

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The local connection.

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

The number of ITI study Clubs hasgrown exponentially since the study
Club concept was launched in 2010.
Managing them is a task that took up
the attention of the study Club CoreGroup in 2012. online reporting via the
ITInet was launched at the end of 2011
for all the study Clubs. This meant thatstudy Club directors became responsible for entering all their events asthey took place onto the ITInet. This
enables study Club Coordinators to put
together figures for the entire section
and submit them to ITI Headquarters
at the end of the year. However, theITInet was not used systematically by all
the study Club directors in 2012, which
made it difficult to assess realisticallyjust how many study Clubs were active.
The study Club Coordinators have beenclosely involved in efforts to remedy
this situation.
Rapid growth meant that by May,around 700 study Clubs had been
formed, leading the Board to take adecision to call a halt to the establishment of further new study Clubs
and consolidate existing study Clubs
according to defined criteria. The
number of study Clubs was capped at
650 and those study Clubs that held
no events or had not managed to
attract any members were disbanded
or merged with a nearby study Club.
Any requests to establish a new study
Club are now being very carefully
considered in terms of geographicaldesirability and potential membership,
among others, and this task is now
the responsibility of the study ClubCore Group. Currently all study Clubs
are making efforts to bring the numberof members up to a minimum of 20,
although it is clear that in some remoteareas this may not be possible. overthe past two years, the study Clubs
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to get the project off to a good startand build a solid foundation. They
now need to achieve a critical massof members. Given the popularity andthe value of the study Clubs, I am sure
we will achieve this goal.

ITI Study Club Core Group
Chair:
Luca Cordaro, Italy
Kivanç Akça, Turkey
Christopher evans, Australia
Kerstin Fischer, sweden

As the youngest committee, the study
Club Core Group is working at establishing universal guidelines. This is
a complex undertaking as each section
presents a very different socio-economic
and cultural profile, with differing
expectations and customs. The diversityof the Core Group is a very positive
factor in understanding issues that
may arise. similarly the dedication andinvolvement of ITI President danielBuser has also been very helpful andled to many very useful insights. We
will continue to develop and manage
the study Clubs, offering our Fellows
and Members the opportunity to share
their knowledge and experience withcolleagues locally.

Paul Fugazzotto, UsA
Hideaki Katsuyama, Japan
Karl Andreas schlegel, Germany
Frank Hemm, switzerland

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Investing in research
since 1988.

Thomas Taylor, Chair of the ITI Research Committee

whelmingly on bone augmentation,
metabolism and implants followed
by studies into the implant tissue
interface.
The ITI has been funding research into
implant dentistry and related fields
since 1988 and to date has supported
more than 340 projects with overCHF 39 million. The Research Committee meets twice a year in order toevaluate applications. Applications
are accepted from both Fellows andMembers as well as non-affiliated professionals. each application is reviewed
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
As competition for funding is intense,
applicants give themselves the best
chance of success by complying fully
with the requirements and shouldcarefully follow the ITI Research Grant
Application Guidelines available on
the ITI website.

The Research Committee received
79 applications for research fundingin 2012, of which it accepted 24
and awarded funding of almost
CHF 2.5 million. This funding was
distributed to 21 institutions worldwide.
The number of applications received
rises each year, a trend observed overthe last 9 years. The budget available,on the other hand, has dropped slightly
to remain at CHF 2.5 million overthe last four years. In order to balance
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launching the study Clubs and taking
over the national congresses, theResearch Committee has had its budget
for funding reduced to CHF 2.2 million
from 2013 onwards. This is seen as atemporary measure until the ITI’s assets
have been replenished.
Applications were received from
20 countries on almost every continent,with the most coming from Germany,
followed by the netherlands and theUsA. The focus of research is over-The quality of research supported isimportant to the Committee and it isgratifying to note that projects fundedby the ITI are regularly presented withawards. In 2012 the project “Five-year
prospective clinical study of threeretention systems for mandibular
overdentures” run by Corina Cristachefrom Bucharest was awarded theeAo Research Prize 2012 for the bestposter presentation. First place in theeAo Research Competition 2012 went
to Patrik schmidlin from Zurich for“Comparison of sLA® or sLActive®
implants placed in the maxillary sinus

with or without synthetic bone graft
materials – an animal study in sheep”.
First prize in the ssRd (swiss societyof Reconstructive dentistry) researchaward went to ITI scholarship Committee Chair Frauke Müller from Geneva
for her study “Impact on chewing
efficiency, nutritional state and qualityof life of locator supported overdentures in very old adults with mild cognitive impairment – an RCT on patientcentered outcomes.”

ITI Research Committee
Chair:
Thomas Taylor, UsA
Mauricio Araujo, Brazil
dieter Bosshardt, switzerland
Jocelyne Feine, Canada
Christoph Hammerle, switzerland
Lisa Heitz-Mayfield, Australia
Torsten Reichert, Germany
Hendrik Terheyden, Germany
daniel Wismeijer, netherlands
Christoph Appert, switzerland

André Schroeder Research Prize
2012
The recipient of the 17 th Andréschroeder Research Prize in 2012 was
dr. Cornelius von Wilmowsky. The
award took place during the ITI Congress Canada in Toronto in september
2012 and was presented by ITI President daniel Buser. dr. von Wilmowsky
and his co-authors Philipp stockmann,
Igor Harsch, Kerstin Amann, Philipp
Metzler, Rainer Lutz, Tobias Moest,
Friedrich Wilhelm neukam, and Karl
Andreas schlegel investigated theeffect of diabetes on peri-implant boneformation in an animal model of humanbone repair and submitted a paper
entitled “diabetes mellitus negatively
affects peri-implant bone formationin the diabetic domestic pig”. A cash
endowment of CHF 20,000 accompanies the André schroeder ResearchPrize that was established in honorof ITI founding president and implantdentistry pioneer André schroeder.

2012 Research applications and grants
Applications received

79

Applications accepted

24

Total grants*

2.472* in CHF million

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An established presenceon the educational scene.

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

It has been three years since the launchof the ITI University Programs andthe Committee took the opportunity
to hold a retreat in August 2012, justbefore the Annual General Meeting in
London, to review the progress that had
been made and define potential directions for the future.
Measuring the success of the ITI education Weeks is something that cannot
be done by numbers alone, althoughthese are obviously also important.
Participants are asked to fill out asurvey after each education Week andthese show that the courses are wellreceived and appreciated, regardlessof the number of participants. somelocations draw more participants
than others and the Committee is considering how a different course format
may be beneficial in some Centers.
This might be a longer-term course
over several weekends. For Centers thattypically sell out early on, the possibilityof organizing a second course for agroup is also being considered.
Along with the other Committees that
undertook to make cuts to reducethe current financial burden on the ITI’s
assets, the University Programs Committee agreed to meet once a year onlyand see if an interim meeting could beheld via skype or telephone conference.
An additional cost-cutting measure
was the decision to no longer print a
course brochure, and offer a flyer only.
From now on course advertising willtake place primarily online. new Centers
are under discussion and the Board has
approved one in Porto Alegre, Brazil
to be run by ITI Fellow Waldemar Polido.
This Center signals a departure fromthe pattern to date as the courses will
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At the end of 2012, niklaus Langhanded over the running of the Hong
Kong Center to experienced lecturer
and course organizer nikos Mattheos.
Professor Lang will, nevertheless,continue lecturing at the education
Week in Hong Kong.

ITI University Programs Committee
Chair:
Hans-Peter Weber, UsA
Pedro Bullón, spain
nikolaos donos, UK
Ingrid Grunert, Austria
Yong-dae Kwon, Korea

six of the seven Centers of excellence
have held regular education Weeks
since 2010 and the seventh at the
University of Melbourne is awaiting
completion of its dental Clinic in orderto open its doors, most likely in 2014.
The premise on which all the education Weeks are based is that continuing
education should be neutral, offering
programs that focus on treatment
methods rather than product handling.
Finally I would like to thank deanMorton, who served on the Committee
since it was established in 2008 and left
us after the Annual General Meeting
to join the section & Membership CoreGroup. dean Morton was replaced bynikitas sykaras (Greece) whom I would
like to welcome as a new memberof the University Programs Committee.

Mario Roccuzzo, Italy
nikitas sykaras, Greece
sandro Matter, 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 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,
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Individual mentoringand new experiences.

Frauke Müller, Chair of the ITI scholarship Committee

In 2012, the ITI opened its online
application portal for ITI scholarships
on June 1 rather than october 1 forthe first time. The portal remained open
for five weeks and attracted interest
from almost 200 dental professionals,
104 of whom eventually submitted completed applications. This is more than
twice as high as the number received
10 years ago. The highest number ofapplications this year came from India,
followed by the Us and Brazil. The ITI
scholarship year now officially begins
on september 1 and runs until the endof August, in parallel with the academic
year of the majority of countries thatparticipated in the Bologna process.
Applicants are advised to read the requirements for each scholarship Center
carefully as many of the Us scholarship Centers and two German Centers
have introduced a language requirement for non-mother-tongue speakers
in the form of a language proficiency
certificate. This is a legal requirement,in some states, and an administrativerequirement set by certain universities.
We were very pleased to be able to
add two new scholarship Centers in2012 at the University of Michigan run
by William Giannobile and in London
at Queen Mary University London run
by shakeel shahdad. Both new scholarship Centers welcomed their firstscholars in september 2012. There are
now a total of 20 scholarship Centersaround the world: 11 in europe, 8 innorth America and 1 in Asia.

porarily been reduced from 25 to
20 each year.

ITI Scholarship Committee
Chair:
Frauke Müller, switzerland

The ITI scholarship program has beenrunning since 1998 and in this time has
supported approximately 250 scholars
with scholarships from 40 different
countries. This represents a financial
investment of more than CHF 14 million
in the future of implant dentistry. Thereis always considerable competition
for the scholarship places and, with the
reduction in the number of available
scholarships, the competition will betougher. It is important that candidates
read all the available material, including
the FAQs, and then fill in the online
form correctly.

Gil Alcoforado, Portugal
Hervé Buatois, France
Bo Chen, China
German Gallucci, UsA
Martha María Theodorou, Argentina
Alex Tsai, Taiwan
René Willi, switzerland

The ITI scholarship year represents
a wonderful opportunity for young professionals to gain valuable experience
not only in working abroad, but more
importantly working under the guidanceof an experienced ITI Fellow as mentor,
within a team of specialists. Interdisciplinary cooperation is a given at all
our scholarship Centers and scholars
also normally have the opportunity toattend lectures, participate in research
projects and ITI section activities.
This is a serious commitment on thepart of the scholarship Centers anddemands the same level of commitment
from each scholar candidate.

Following the considerable investment
made by the ITI in launching the study
Clubs and taking over the full organization of the national congresses, theBoard has taken a decision to makesome cuts and consequently the numberof scholarships being offered has tem-18

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Keeping information ﬂowing.

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

The section & Membership Core Group
has two major tasks: supporting thesections in the budget process andoverseeing the Fellow nomination
process. Although there are detailed
guidelines on how to budget section
activities, it is not possible for theseto cover all the individual cultural andlocal aspects of each section. Understanding these cultural differences andfinding solutions that meet the section
halfway is one of the Core Group’s
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made up of diverse nationalities is very
helpful to this process.
ITI guidelines clearly state that ITI
funds are to be spent on its Fellows andMembers but each section organizes
activities not only for its existing Members but also to attract new Members.
We try to walk a careful line whereby
activities for Fellows and Members are
combined with open, ITI-sponsoredactivities that non-Members may also
attend. This issue was discussed during

the Leadership Team day in London
before the Annual General Meeting andwe hope there is now a better understanding of the limitations placed on
our activities as a foundation by swiss
law. It is important to allocate funds
to leadership meetings and also
to Member meetings. The reason forthe latter is to create a line of communication between the membershipand Leadership Team in each section,
so that the needs and wishes of thesections can be passed up to the CoreGroup. To a certain extent this alreadytakes place, at study Club meetings
among others, and it is certainly an advantage that there are representativesof virtually every section sitting on thevarious Committees. The Core Groupsees it as its job to gather ideas andsuggestions from the sections on how
the organization can offer its membership more and how the accompanying
administrative work can be handled
most efficiently. As the sections
become larger, not everything can behandled by ITI Headquarters, which is
why the work of the section Administrators is so valuable.
Fellow nomination is the other areathat takes up a significant proportionof the Core Group’s time. Fellows
represent the heart of our organizationin that they contribute their time andexpertise towards maintaining anddeveloping the ITI further. The considerable responsibility carried by the nominators in the Fellow nomination process
has not been fully appreciated in thepast. We have accordingly adapted theprocess to make it less complex whileat the same time ensuring that thenecessary information for evaluationof the nomination is delivered. The new
CV template facilitates this process as
it is the only document that is submitted
by the nominee along with the nomi-

nator’s letters and those of the two
supporters. Given that the process
has been streamlined, it has become
even more important that nominators
discuss potential nominations withthe section Leadership Team and gain
their approval. It is important for
sections to have a solid core of Fellows
who should not represent more than
15 percent of the total section membership, although this figure is often
higher with young sections that are
just starting up.

ITI Section & Membership Core Group
Chair:
Gerhard Wahl, Germany
Merete Aaboe, denmark
stephen Barter, UK
Juan Blanco Carrión, spain
Anthony dickinson, Australia
Georges Gebran, Lebanon
dean Morton, UsA
Wolfgang Becker, Germany

Increasing membership figures is alsopart of our brief but the recent expansion of study Clubs throughout theorganization has made it unnecessary
to undertake additional activities. We
have, however, many Members who are
not part of a section and it is important
to integrate them in our community
even if they cannot attend regular study
Club meetings or other local meetings.
The ITInet plays an important role
here and has been taken up with enthusiasm, especially by Members in more
remote locations.
The Core Group recently set up a system
in which each Core Group member
is assigned to a number of sections
by geography, nationality, experienceof different cultures and knowledgeof languages. This arrangement is relatively new but we have already received
some queries from sections. We willcontinue fine-tuning our approach,looking at the needs of the individual
sections and keeping the flow of information moving between all parts of
the organization.
We would like to thank Jay Beagle, wholeft the Core Group in 2012, for his
considerable contribution over the years
since the Core Group was established.

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New Fellows

The work of the ITI
is carried out
on a voluntary basisby the organization’s Fellows,
who are driven
by a strong senseof dedication.

In 2012, the ITI Board of Directors approved the nomination of 72 Fellows from
21 countries who meet the ITI’s requirements. The ITI welcomes all the new Fellows
to its global community.
A	Abduljabbar Tariq, Saudi Arabia / Al Turkistani Emtiyaz, Saudi Arabia /Al-Almaie Saad, Saudi Arabia / Alsayed Arwa, Saudi Arabia / Alsubait Abeer, Saudi Arabia /Altwaim Abdulrahman, Saudi Arabia / Antonik Mikhail, Russia
B	Baker Richard, United States / Barrak Fadi, United Kingdom / Braut Vedrana, Croatia /Burns Colin, United Kingdom / Byrne Ashley, United Kingdom
C	Callis Shayne, Australia / Calzavara Dino, Spain / Cavusoglu Yeliz, Switzerland /Cehreli Murat, Turkey / Chermol Stephen, United States / Cho John, Australia
D	Dragisic Dejan, United Kingdom / Drew David, Australia
E	El Chaar Edgard, United States / Ergin Ugur, Turkey / Erpardo Yuksel, United StatesF	Freilich Marshall, CanadaG	Georgiev Tihomir, Bulgaria / Grötz Knut, Germany / Gruber Reinhard, Switzerland
H	Hara Toshihiro, Japan / Hentschel Andreas, Germany /Hernandez Martinez Francisco, Mexico / Hicklin Stefan, Switzerland
I	Iacono Vincent, United StatesJ	Jan Anas, Saudi Arabia / Joda Tim, Switzerland / Jones Todd, Canada
K	Kaku Toshio, Japan / Kann Janice, Australia / Kao Richard, United States /Kapos Theodoros, United States / Kiven Victor, Australia / Kuchler Ulrike, Switzerland /Kulak Özkan Yasemin, Turkey / Kumar Vinay, India
L	Lim Chong, United Kingdom / Loddo Alberto, Argentina
M	Machuca Guillermo, Spain / Malament Kenneth, United States /Mamalis Anastasios, Greece / Mattheos Nikos, Australia
N	Nakajima Kazutoshi, Japan / Nasseh Ibrahim, Lebanon / Nelson David, United Kingdom /Nesterov Oleg, RussiaO	O’Sullivan Dominic, United Kingdom / O’Sullivan Eoin, United Kingdom /Olsen-Bergem Heming, Norway / Ozawa-Meida Jose Luis, Mexico
P	Papageorgakopoulos Georgios, United Kingdom / Patras Michael, Greece /Politis Rodolphos, Lebanon
R	Ratcliff Steve, United States
S	Salem Khaled, Saudi Arabia / Schimmel Martin, Switzerland / Serrano Carlos, Colombia /Soejima Yoshiki, JapanV	Valderrama Pilar, United States / Voronov Igor, Russia
W	Wali Othman, Saudi Arabia / Walter Clemens, Switzerland / Weiss Eric, United StatesY	Yap Alan, Australia
Z	Zembic Anja, Switzerland

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Honorary fellows

Honorary Fellowshipin 2012.

Since the ITI was founded in 1980, it has developed in leaps
and bounds thanks to the active support of its Fellows.
Being able to reward these exemplary Fellows is a pleasurethat the Board allows itself once each year by presenting
them with an Honorary Fellowship.

In 2012, the 11 Honorary Fellows werejoined by former ITI President Dieter
Weingart, whose association with
the ITI goes back a long way. He becamea Fellow in 1992 and witnessed the­development and growth of our organization, while contributing to it actively.
In 1992, Dieter Weingart was the firstrecipient of the prestigious André
Schroeder Research Prize. He servedon the ITI Development Committee
for a number of years, before moving
to the Education Committee and CoreGroup. A member of the ITI Board
and Chair of the then largest Section
worldwide from 1997 onwards, Dieter
Weingart introduced annual Section
meetings in Germany in 1999 and was
also active in organizing the Section’s
national congresses.

­ irection and goals during the discusd
sions held as part of the ITI Strategy
meeting in Vitznau in 2007.

ITI Honorary Fellows
Erik Hjørting-Hansen
Gisbert Krekeler †Niklaus Lang

The result was the ITI Vision 2017that defined the aims and objectivesof the organization for the following
decade. Dieter Weingart also played
an important role in the intricate
negotiations between the ITI and ourcommercial partner Straumann towards
a new contract. In 2009 he handed
over the Presidency to Daniel Buser.

Robert Schenk †Wilfried Schilli
Yoshikazu Soejima †Samuel Steinemann
Thomas StraumannFranz Sutter
Christiaan ten Bruggenkate
Dieter Weingart
Walter Widmer

The ITI is proud to show its gratitude
by presenting him with an Honorary
Fellowship.

Most importantly, in 2005 during theWorld Symposium and Annual General
Meeting in Munich, he became the ITI’s
fifth President and in the years that
followed he guided the organization
through a re-evaluation of the ITI’sDaniel Buser congratulates Honorary Fellow Dieter Weingart.

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Your ITI:
How the ITI meetsits Members’
needs.

–––––≥ ITInet“Using the ITInet, I can say that
I learn something new every
day and feel comfortable sharing
my knowledge and experience
with other ITI Members andFellows. Visiting the ITInet isa must during my working hours.
Surprisingly it also frequently
occupies my time during weekends and holidays.”
Zoran Stajčić, ITI Fellow, Serbia–––––≥ ITInet“I have been lucky enough to use
the ITInet from the very early stagesof its development and am a frequentuser. It is fantastic for seeking
knowledge, publications from the ITI
and contacting colleagues. The best
aspect for me is the forum whichallows me to discuss difficult andchallenging cases.”
Colin Campbell, Communications Officer, UK & Ireland

one of the factors that differentiates the ITI from other,

ITIneT

similar organizations in the implant dentistry field is

The ITInet is the ITI’s online portal and a toolthat is highly valued by the membership.
The ITInet is a very broad-based knowledge
resource and virtual meeting place that isaccessible exclusively to ITI Fellows andMembers. The ‘My ITI’ tab is where personal
details are stored for each Member. My ITI
offers a private space to support networking
at the individual level with a selected groupof contacts. It is also one of the places where
Members can decide which of the global
forum discussions to sign up for. These discussions offer a means of tapping the experience and expertise of the ITI’s membershipworldwide. If you have a problem or query,someone, somewhere is likely to have a viable
solution. As well as the global forum, eachsection has its own space in which cases,
questions and queries can be discussed in thelocal language, and study Clubs, too, havetheir own space so that discussions can becontinued beyond meetings.

the broad range of benefits available to its Members fromwhich they can pick and choose. These benefits all directly
support the ITI’s mission “to promote and disseminate
knowledge on all aspects of implant dentistry and related
tissue regeneration through education and research
to the benefit of the patient”. They are available in various
forms, media and channels to be utilized by each Member,
however he or she finds most useful.

In addition to a virtual meeting space andexcellent networking opportunities, the ITInet
plays a vital role as a repository and valuable
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Library is open to all ITI Members and contains
a wealth of information. Users can consult thefirst five volumes of the ITI Treatment Guidein their entirety, browsing online page by pageor chapter by chapter. other ITI publications
such as every issue of the Forum Implantologicum journal and the sAC Classification in
Implant dentistry are also available here,
as are the proceedings of the 2 nd, 3 rd and4 th Consensus Conferences and regular literature updates.
ITI-approved speakers also have their own tabon the ITInet, giving them access to speaker
Tools that include an image library, graphics
and standard presentations as well as tothe speaker Library. The latter offers close
to 100 reference modules in 10 subject areasorganized by focused questions, which aresupplemented by three external reference
sources: PubMed, Cochrane and Google
scholar. The library provides speakers with anexcellent basis from which to begin preparing
their own presentations.
The sAC Assessment Tool can be found on
the ITI’s public website in any of the ITI’s ninecore languages (Brazilian-Portuguese, Chinese,english, French, German, Italian, Japanese,27–≥ National Congresses“In spite of the increasing number of international
events, national congresses still play an importantrole by offering top-class implant education
locally. We often forget that the majority of dentists
prefer to have continuing education at the national
level and in their native language. The successof the last ITI Congress Finland with over 300 participants clearly testified to that.”
Juhani Laine, ITI Education Delegate, Finland

spanish, Turkish) and it offers
visitors the possibility to carry out
a risk assessment online. An extended version of this tool is also
located on the ITInet that allows
users to save their risk assessment
as a PdF.

ITI WoRLd sYMPosIUM
The ITI, however, provides far
more than a virtual offering; asa leading provider of continuing
education in the implant dentistry
field, the ITI organizes a broad
range of events from section
meetings to international education Weeks. Probably the best
known meeting is the ITI Worldsymposium that is held every
three to four years. This is the
ITI’s flagship event that brings
together the cream of the world’s
faculty to share the most recent
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national implant dentistry calendar
and an opportunity to come into
direct contact with key opinion
leaders. Based on its approach ofproviding theory and practice inboth prosthodontics and surgical
topics as well as addressing theassociated interfaces between
disciplines and responsibilities, the
ITI World symposium has enjoyedongoing success since it was first
held in 1988 in Basel. It has grownfrom just over 400 participants to
4,000 at the last symposium heldin Geneva in 2010. The next one
will also be held in Geneva in 2014
and is set to draw more than
5,000 participants. The outstanding level of education is the major
attraction, but the event also
promises an excellent opportunity
for networking and communicating directly with key opinion
leaders. The accompanying
industry exhibition allows participants to see and experience someof the latest products in the field.

ITI nATIonAL And ReGIonAL
ConGResses–≥ National Congresses“The ITI National Congresses are globally
recognized as top classscientific events at
a venue ‘near you’. With
their signature blendof national and international speakers theydebate the latest in
implant dentistry at
a local level. And thenthey are an excellent
opportunity to relax awayfrom everyday working
life, meet new and catch
up with old ITI friends.”
Charlotte Stilwell, ITI Education Delegate,
UK & Ireland

Anyone may attend the ITI Worldsymposium, but ITI Fellows andMembers benefit from a preferential
discount on the entry fee to thisthree-day educational meeting. The
same reduced entry fees apply to the
ITI’s national and regional congresses.
These are held by the ITI’s 27 nationaland regional sections on a rotatingbasis every three years, so that up to
10 congresses take place in various
locations around the world each year.
Held in the local language, these
events make it possible for eachsection to shape the congress content
according to a national focus andconcerns as required. Along with thelocal faculty, normally each congress
also invites one or two international

guest speakers. The ITI’s nationaland regional congresses follow thesame model as the World symposiumby also offering an industry exhibition that gives participants access to
new developments in technology andproducts.

ITI sTUdY CLUBs
Arguably the most popular form ofeducational meeting, over the last two
years the number of ITI study Clubs
has rapidly increased around the world
and currently stands at 650. Participation in ITI study Clubs is one of the
ITI’s membership benefits although
non-Members may attend up to two
meetings before deciding whether
or not to join the ITI. each study
Club holds three or four meetings a––––≥ ITI Study Clubs“Not only are Study Clubs valuable for their networking
possibilities but also because they allow discussionof issues, cases and personal experience in a friendly
atmosphere of trust. Another aspect is the specialist
lectures whose subject matter meets the members’
needs, which means that the program can be put
together according to the interests of the members.”
Robert Nieberler, ITI Fellow & Study Club Director, Germany

year and their informal set-up allows
Members to share their knowledge,
experience and concerns more readily.
Meetings have a strong educational
component with presentations madeby a Member or external speaker. They
also make it possible for Members
to bring specific questions and cases
for general discussion. Above all, thestudy Clubs represent an excellent networking tool to broaden each Member’s
contacts on a local basis.

ITI edUCATIon WeeKs
The ITI has long had close relationships with many academic institutions
around the world, and the ITI education Weeks were established in 2009 as
the formal expression of this relationship with seven institutions around the––––≥ ITI Study Clubs“The format of the Study
Club meetings allows
space for free discussion,
which is something thatour dental community
in Colombia was missing
before. This discussion
obliges dentists who makestatements to look forscientific support for theirclaims so the academic
standard of our group isalso on the rise.”
Juan Carlos Navarro González, ITI Fellow& Study Club Director, Colombia29–≥ ITI Treatment Guides“With the Treatment Guides, I find the combinationof a written description accompanied by rich illustrations
particularly effective in helping me to take decisions
in regard to loading protocols. Using the clearly explained
terminology and essential principles, I integrate theminto my own knowledge for use with the protocols.”
Takeshi Toyoshima, ITI Member, Japan––≥ ITI Education Weeks“ITI Education Weeks are an excellent
opportunity to improve your knowledge in implant dentistry and earn
continuing education credits. All thecourses I have attended so far offeredhigh quality continuing education andI have got to know many interesting
people.”Elian Raphael, ITI Fellow, UAE–––≥ ITI Scholarship“An ITI Scholarship year
is really an investment in
the future. It builds a solid
foundation that can help
in both private practiceand a university environment. In my case, theyear encouraged me
to continue not only withmore advanced implant
surgeries but also withresearch activity as wellas teaching in a university
environment.“
Chrysostomos Mystikos, ITI Member,
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world: University of Bern, switzerland; Harvard school of dental
Medicine, UsA; University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong; University
College London, UK; University of
Melbourne, Australia; Katharinenhospital stuttgart, Germany; andHolland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital/University of Toronto,
Canada. An eighth center has been
approved in Porto Alegre, Brazilthat will soon be offering continuing education courses in Portuguese and spanish for practitioners
in south America and beyond.
The education Weeks respond toan identified need for targeted,neutral education in implantdentistry from an unbiased sourcewith extensive and solid experiencein the field of education. The education Weeks each last between
four and seven days and provide
an intensive experience comprising
traditional lectures, observationof live treatment and hands-on
work. each education Week favors
a slightly different emphasis interms of content, depending on
the lecturers involved. Preferential
rates for Fellows and Members are
similarly available.

GLoBAL eVenTs CALendAR
Finding out what is going on
where is easy. The new online
global events calendar is a listingof all the ITI events going onaround the world. From ITI
national and regional congresses
through ITI education Weeks to
ITI study Clubs, the global events
calendar helps Members plan
their educational year efficiently.
Using the parameters available
to limit searches, users can huntvisually by map or by date.

to focus on providing practitioners
with access to education throughvarious channels. Key publications, such as the Treatment Guide
series are now available in ninecore languages, as is the biannual
Forum Implantologicum journal.
each Fellow and Member will makeuse of different services and tools,
depending on his or her specificneeds. Those in remote areas
are likely to take greater advantage
of online offerings, while thosein a section are able to attend
meetings locally and nationally.
In a market that expands with new
educational products of varying
standards every day, the ITI willcontinue to reflect on how best to
meet its Members’ needs, providing tools of a high standard to
support clinicians in their daily
work.

MeeTInG MeMBeRs’ needs
The ITI is changing and growing
rapidly. And this growth reflects
favorably on the ITI’s decision

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Section Argentina & Uruguay
2012 was a very active year for theregional section. It worked on strengthening various activities and developing
additional activities to consolidate its
membership and attract new Members.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Gustavo Marion

Education Delegate:
Martha María Theodorou

Study Club Coordinator:
santiago Caram

Communications Officer:
diego Bechelli

one of the main goals in 2012 was todevelop the study Clubs further. Two
new study Clubs were created, bringing
the total to 12 (10 in Argentina and two
in Uruguay), and more than 40 study
Club meetings took place between
March and december. These study
Clubs had a great impact on the dental
implant community. In Uruguay, forexample, a lot of Members were gained
through this concept.

Section Administrator:

In March, the activities started in
Buenos Aires with a two-day meetingthat included a leadership meeting,study Club director meeting anda “coaching and leadership” training
course for Fellows and study Club directors. This was a great opportunity toshare ideas and strategies for the restof the year.

Pablo Turek

The section also organized four
educational days in Rosario, Mendoza,
Córdoba and Montevideo, an ITIsponsored event in neuquén together
with the Argentinean society of
Periodontology and ended the yearwith a section meeting and annual
Fellow meeting in Buenos Aires. At thislast event, each member of the Leadership Team communicated highlightsfrom the Annual General Meetingin London so the Members were kept
up to date on the latest ITI news anddevelopments.

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Throughout the year, the section
continued with the organization of its
2nd ITI national congress which will
be held in June 2013. The title of theevent is “state-of-the-Art Implantology:
science and Clinic” and the sectionis arranging an attractive agenda inwhich the experience of respected colleagues will be called on to contributeto daily practice with the latest developments and protocols. Paolo Casentini,
Maurizio Tonetti, Paul Fugazzotto andWaldemar Polido will share the agenda
with local speakers.
At the end of 2012, the section
achieved its objective of more than
20 percent growth: the number ofFellows remained steady at 18, while
the number of Members rose from
225 to 285.

Section Australasia
2012 has been a very busy year for
the Australasian section with a full andsuccessful education program, theBiennial Conference and the ITI education day.

In october the “ITI education day” washeld in Adelaide, featuring some of thesection’s leading local speakers, whoprovided an update on the latest trends
in implant dentistry.

The section organized 16 evening
seminars and two hands-on courses,
covering a wide range of implant-related
topics. These evening seminars andcourses have always enjoyed goodattendance by Members seeking implant education and have fosteredsocial interaction between Members.
Three ITI education evenings were
initiated in regional areas in Caloundra,
Bendigo and newcastle. This seriesof “Introduction to the ITI” programs
offers an educational program as wellas information regarding the ITI, andwas open to all interested dentists.
The programs were well attended andmore education evenings are plannedfor 2013.

The section Leadership Team remained
unchanged with Lisa Heitz-Mayfieldas the section Chair. The section
experienced strong growth on the backof its full program of activities. At theend of 2012, the section increased
the number of its Fellows from 33 to 38
and its Members from 727 to 777.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Lisa Heitz-Mayfield

Education Delegate:
Anthony dawson

Study Club Coordinator:
Christopher evansCommunications Officer:
Robert santosa

Section Administrator:
Angela Young

The Biennial Conference took place inchilly Canberra in July and was very
well attended. The guest speaker, Bjarni
Pjetursson from Iceland, supported
by other local speakers, delivered thetheme of the meeting, “The sevensteps to success”. A study Club Coordinator meeting and a Fellow meetingwere held preceding the conference.
during the Fellow meeting, five new
Fellows were welcomed to the section.
A speaker development day was held
after the section meeting.

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Section Officers
Section Chair:
Ingrid Grunert

Education Delegate:
Alexander Gaggl

Study Club Coordinator:
Andrea Albert-Kiszely

Communications Officer:
sascha Virnik

Section Administrator:
Karl-Heinz demmler

In 2012 the section focused on preparing for the first ITI national congressin Austria entitled “Hot spots in implant dentistry” that is to take place insalzburg in June 2013. In addition toAustrian speakers, guest speakers from
Germany and sweden will also attend.
The section has five study Clubs spreadthroughout the country that held a totalof 12 meetings in 2012. Based on its
study Club activities, the section wasable to attract new Members to thesection, resulting in almost 30 percent
membership growth, by far exceeding
the section’s original goal of 10 percent
growth. The section’s annual meeting
was held in Vienna in october andincluded a number of interesting lectures delivered by education delegate
Alexander Gaggl along with valuabletips from Communications officer
sascha Virnik.

Section Belgium
At the end of the year, the section
had 14 Fellows, while the number ofMembers increased from 68 to 92.

At the end of 2012, the ITI section
Belgium was able look back on a busy
year. Belgium now has six study Clubs,with a mix that covers both national
languages. These study Clubs had
a very diverse program. In 2012 they
covered the following themes: Joke
duyck talked about “Implant dentistry
for elderly people” and at a second
theme night, Tommie Van de Velde
together with France Lambert tackled
the question “short implants versus
bone grafting”.
In collaboration with Leuven University,and initiated by Ignace naert, Bjarni
Pjetursson gave an interesting lecture
on “Implant placement in the esthetic
zone: Is evidence-based treatment
planning in prosthetic dentistry realisticor only an illusion?”

There was a good-sized Belgian delegation at the ITI Annual General Meetingin London and the program for thedifferent disciplines was inspiring forthe section’s future activities. Also, thesection’s compliments go to the organizing committee for the very pleasantevening activities. The treasure huntthrough London was a fine experiencefor everyone.
At the end of 2012, the section Belgium
had 9 Fellows and 104 Members.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Geert orbie

Education Delegate:
didier Blase

Study Club Coordinator:
stefan Matthijs(Flemish)didier eycken(French)Communications Officer:
dirk van Assche

Section Administrator:

The study Clubs are, however, heldback by the special rules for accreditation in Belgium, which do not allow
accreditation for ITI meetings. This is
an important issue and the Leadership
Team is seeking a solution.

dieter Handsaeme

The section engaged two excellent
speakers for the annual section
meeting in october. Boris Jackubovics
and Amelie Mainjot elaborated on
a common theme: “How to prevent anddeal with prosthetic failures on dental
implants”. dr. Jackubovics gave a clear
overview of the problem in regard to
how and why screws may break, and
dr. Mainjot gave extensive information
on her experience with full ceramic
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In 2012 the section focused on building
up the section – the main instruments
for this were the national congressin september and also the study Clubs.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Mauricio Araujo

Education Delegate:
Wagner duarte

Study Club Coordinator:João Garcez-Filho

A total of 72 study Club meetings were
held by the 27 study Clubs throughout
the year. organizing and running thestudy Clubs has been a challenge but
the study Club directors – supported by
the study Club Coordinator – are doing
well and the study Clubs are clearlyappreciated by the members.

Communications Officer:
Mauro Tosta

Section Administrator:
Marcelo Tancredo

Attended by almost 400 participants,
the majority of whom are in private
practice, the national congress inCampinas entitled “evolution & Predictability” was a great success. International speakers Anthony dickinson(Australia), German Gallucci (UsA)
and simon storgård Jensen (denmark)joined the excellent team of national
speakers.

Section Canada
At the end of 2012, the section had
grown by 86 percent – making it
the ITI’s fastest growing section –, with
31 Fellows and an increase in Members
from 325 to 635.

The section Leadership Team devoted
its efforts in 2012 to growing thesection, primarily by promoting thenational congress held in september,and increasing the number of study
Clubs and meetings. By the end of
the year, the section had established
36 active study Clubs.

Among the other events held during
the year was the ITI education Week inToronto as well as a section meetingat which the focus was the northAmerican ITI congress coming up in
April 2013 in Chicago. The Communications officer – Majd Al Mardini – waselected for a four-year term of office.

The 13,000 th Member of the ITI was
inducted during registration for the congress in Toronto with keynote speakers
daniel Buser and Urs Belser. The eventdrew almost 250 professionals and also
provided the setting for the presentation of the André schroeder ResearchPrize 2012 that went to Cornelius vonWilmowsky from Germany. The congress also reserved time to train Fellows
and Members on how to make best useof the ITInet. For the first time during
an ITI national congress, the ITInet
global forum was used live to post questions for speakers during the congress.

By the end of the year, the section
experienced 50 percent growth with
34 Fellows and an increase in Members
from 387 to 594.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Timothy W. Head

Education Delegate:
Robert Carmichael

Study Club Coordinator:
William Abbott

Communications Officer:
Majd Al Mardini

Section Administrator:
Alain Laroche

The section also held two regional
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Section Officers
Section Chair:
Zuolin Wang

Education Delegate:
Lei ZhouStudy Club Coordinator:
Yucheng su

The activities of the section this year
focused on two areas – ITI membershipand study Clubs – and will continue
to do so in the coming years. despite
the rapid progress and development
made by China in the last decade,there is still a lot to do. The system ofacademic membership is quite new
in China. Many people in the dental
field are not fully aware of the meaningof membership, its benefits and the
responsibility of paying a membershipfee.

Communications Officer:
Bo Chen

Section Administrator:
Xuejun Li

Two leadership meetings were held in2012 analyzing the issues and exploring
possible solutions. With the continued
prosperity of implant dentistry thatstarted in the last five years, enhanced
training and education, the development of the ITI in China looks
promising.

Section Denmark
The number of study Clubs at the endof the year did not change – 13 –and consolidation of ITI study Clubs inlocal areas was a major task in 2012.
A speaker training program was held
twice this year. The 4 th ITI national
congress in shanghai is coming up
in August 2013 and preparations forthe event were underway in 2012.
At the end of 2012, the section had
16 Fellows and 151 Members.

Most of the efforts of the danish
section during 2012 went into supporting and consolidating the ITI study
Club activity. during the year, 10 study
Clubs – with a good geographic distribution around the country – hosted
30 study Club meetings. The topics
presented by national speakers ranged
from immediate implant installationand complications during implant
therapy and how to avoid them,to medications relevant to implantdentistry, sinus lift procedures, anddifferential diagnosis from an enT
perspective.
some of the study Clubs joined forces
for a couple of events, and this allowedinternational speakers to lecture inboth the eastern and western part ofdenmark. For example, Ali Tahmaseb
gave a lecture on “Planning and surgicalimplant placement using computergenerated guides and navigation equipment. How far are we from daily clinicalpractice?”, while Paul Fugazzotto
talked about “diagnosis, treatmentplanning and case workup & Immediate
implant therapy in anterior andposterior areas”. nevertheless, in orderto optimize the number of members
in each study Club, it was decided toreduce the total number of study Clubs
in denmark from 10 to eight.

To communicate the study Club activity
to a wider audience beyond the ITI
community, the section produced its
own press release presenting the ITI
in brief and the study Club concept inparticular. This one-page article waspublished in the danish dental Journal(Tandlægebladet), which is the official
journal of the danish dental Association and is distributed free of charge
to the association’s 3,200 members(out of around 4,000 practicing dentists
in denmark).

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Merete Aaboe

Education Delegate:simon storgård Jensen

Study Club Coordinator:
erik Andersen

Communications Officer:

Additional educational activities
included a section meeting in spring,where Irena sailer talked about“selection of abutments and crowns
for predictable esthetic outcome” andCharlotte stilwell presented the UK& Ireland experience of establishing a
structured training program in implantdentistry. An evening meeting was heldin autumn, where Frank Higginbottom
gave a talk on “digital impressions andCAd/CAM restorations”.

Andreas stavropoulos

Section Administrator:
Jesper WittFinally, the section planned the 4 th ITI
Congress denmark to be held on April
19, 2013, entitled “Implant treatmentin the periodontally compromised
patient: periodontal, prosthetic andsurgical challenges”, featuring bothnational and international speakers.
From an organizational point of view,
the section held one study Club
director, one Fellow, and three leadership meetings.
At the end of 2012, the section had
13 Fellows and 252 Members.

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Section Finland
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Tom Lindholm

Education Delegate:
Juhani Laine

Study Club Coordinator:“When surgery meets prosthetics”
was the theme of the ITI Congress
Finland that took place in Helsinki inseptember. More than 300 participants
registered for the two-day congress.
The main event was a full-day course
given by Ronald Jung, but the parallelsessions for dental technicians andassisting personnel were also greatly
appreciated.

Antti niskanen

Communications Officer:
Mikko Rantala

Section Administrator:
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The study Clubs in Helsinki, Turku
and Vaasa have managed to establish
themselves on the education scene
in Finland and are considered to be“VIP” clubs.
Mikko Rantala was elected Communications officer. The section had a visit
from Gerhard Wahl at one of its leadership meetings and he brought suggestions and support for future activities.
over the coming years, the section’s
priority and main task will be to focus
on attracting new and retaining existing
Members.

Section France
At the end of 2012, the section had
13 Fellows and increased the number of
its Members from 45 to 68.

one of the major objectives of the section France in 2012 was to significantly
increase the number of its Members
by providing many high quality events.
Having almost doubled the numberof Members over the year, the section
has been successful in this objective.
Paul Rousseau, Chair of the French section, managed to establish a dynamic
and friendly environment that is faithful
to the philosophy of the ITI. educationdelegate Hervé Buatois undertooka national tour, a targeted mailing wasissued and the excellent quality of
the courses organized by the section
all contributed to this excellent result.
With more than 40 events this year,
the study Clubs have also supported
this growth. A special event thatbrought together three study Clubs
was organized in november and wasattended by david Cochran.

during the year, the section held two
speaker meetings, elected david Bourdin
Communications officer and welcomed
elodie Lang, who took over from Lotfi
Madaoui as section Administrator.
The entire Leadership Team devoted
significant time to the preparation of
the national congress that took place inVal d’Isère in February 2013. The section also welcomed a new service in theform of articles from the monthly literature update that had been translated
into French and were made available to
the Members by email.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Paul Rousseau

Education Delegate:
Hervé Buatois

Study Club Coordinator:
Antoine Rimmer

Communications Officer:
david Bourdin

At the end of december 2012, thesection had 13 Fellows and increased
the number of its Members from
121 to 216.

Section Administrator:
elodie Lang

The annual section meeting, at whichalmost half the section was present,
was a great success, and ITI President
daniel Buser was welcomed as aspeaker. He explained in detail therange of principles behind improved
reliability of treatment outcomes.

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Section Officers
Section Chair:
Gerhard Wahl

Education Delegate:
Hendrik Terheyden

Study Club Coordinator:
Karl Andreas schlegel

Communications Officer:
Georg BachSection Administrator:
Thomas Kreuzwieser

The German section’s 8 th ITI national
congress took place in Cologne inspring 2012 and presented an impressive scientific program with over 30
presentations and workshops directedat both dentists and dental technicians.
More than 1,300 participants from12 countries enjoyed two days full of
information on new technologies andmethods in one of the oldest and most
attractive German cities.
The German section also concentrated
on developing the study Club concept
further and increasing the numberof Members in the section. All three
undertakings produced outstanding
results and, with almost 690 Fellows
and Members and 50 study Clubsby the end of 2012, the section wasable to exceed its own ambitious goals
significantly.
The German section met twice during
the year: in February for its annual
Fellow meeting in eltville with anexcellent scientific program and thenlater on in fall in Constance for theYoung ITI symposium. Andres stricker
was responsible for putting together
an ambitious program for the latterentitled “Complications and Limitations
in Implantology?” speaker seminars
that outlined the ITInet speaker Libraryoffering and its many possibilities aswell as workshops dealing with the
preparation of professional presentations were in great demand.

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Section Greece & Cyprus
By the end of the year, the German
section had 92 Fellows and increased
the number of Members from 428
to 596.

developing the ITI study Clubs was
the primary goal of the section Greece& Cyprus in 2012. The section focusedon the promotion and developmentof the study Clubs with an expanded listof participating invited speakers whocovered a wide array of clinical implantdentistry topics. due to budget restrictions in relation to the organizationof the national congress, the section
held only one additional one-day eventthat featured Goran Benic from the
University of Zurich.

Undoubtedly, 2012 was a difficultyear for the section Greece & Cyprus.
Although extremely unfavorable
economic circumstances prevailed,
the section was able to increase its
membership by roughly 25 percent andorganize the third national congressthat surpassed expectations in termsof quality and attendance. This clearlyshows that the dental community
in Greece and Cyprus is willing to invest
in knowledge and the future despite
the current atmosphere of uncertainty.

From september 29 to 30, 250 colleagues participated in the 3rd ITI
national congress and had the pleasureof attending lectures given by James
Ruskin and Will Martin from the University of Florida on preoperative esthetic
and reconstructive risk assessment;
the management of complex defects
with hard and soft tissue graftingor with pink materials as a treatment
alternative; emerging materials andtechnologies in dentistry and the
management of surgical and restorative complications. This was the firstnational congress with the participationof local ITI speakers in the scientificprogram. Phoebus Madianos, Ioannis
Karoussis, dimitris nikolidakis andGeorge Vilos presented topics of majorclinical interest and importance.

The increased acceptance of the ITI
by Greek and Cypriot dental professionals may be attributed to the study
Clubs and the organization of highquality educational activities within thesection. All this reflects the efficient
work and enthusiasm of the Leadership
Team that believes strongly in the ITI
philosophy and tries its best to disseminate the professional benefits to awide portion of the dental community.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
nikitas sykaras

Education Delegate:
George Vilos

Study Club Coordinator:
dimitris nikolidakis

Communications Officer:
sophocles Voyiazis

Section Administrator:
Alex Kosmas

At the end of 2012 the section had
13 Fellows and 233 Members.

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Section Officers
Section Chair:
Juan Blanco Carrión

Education Delegate:
Ricardo Faria Almeida

At the beginning of the year, thesection set itself the goal of growing
its study Clubs and increasing its membership figures at the same time aswell as promoting the Iberian national
congress. In both areas, the section wasable to record success despite a very
difficult economic situation in bothspain and Portugal.

Study Club Coordinator:
Giuliano Fragola

Communications Officer:
Juan José Aranda Macera

Section Administrator:
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The national congress took place insantiago de Compostela, known asa university town and the destination
for pilgrims travelling the way ofst. James. Held over two days fromMay 11 to 12, the meeting attracted
more than 780 participants, who cameto listen to the program delivered bynational and international speakers –the latter including stephen Chen
(Australia) and German Gallucci (UsA).
Also attending the congress were theChancellor of the University of santiago
as well as the dean of the school of
Medicine and dentistry. The section
took the opportunity offered by theevent to hold a study Club meeting,
Fellow meeting and annual meeting at
the same time. A new section Administrator joined the section just before
the congress took place.

Section Italy
Later on in the year, a speaker development meeting was held in Lisbon to
help young potential speakers with theirskills. The speakers were also taught
the rules to follow when publishingpeer-reviewed articles. during theyear, 28 study Club meetings were
held. Currently more than 340 section
Members have registered for a study
Club and the average size of each Clubis 17 members. The section is pleased
with its results for the year and willcontinue to make improvements,budget permitting.
At the end of the year, the section
had 40 Fellows and had increased
the number of its Members from 320
to 428.

After the excellent results of the previous year, the challenge for 2012 wasto continue the trend of constant
growth for the Italian section. The
section’s main goal was to bring thetotal number of Members and Fellows
from around 420 to 500. This target
was reached mid-year. The key tothis result, at a time where manyother scientific associations are losing
members, was the great effort towards
study Club growth put in by everyonein the section, starting with theMembers, through Fellows and study
Club directors, to the Leadership Team.
The number of study Clubs increased
to 25, with an average of 21 members
per study Club. More than 80 study
Club meetings took place, with over
1,600 participants, and very positive
feedback. The “invite a friend” concept
worked very well. The very high qualityof the presentations made by the Italian
ITI speakers and other invited speakers
made participant satisfaction aneasy aim to fulfill. This trend continued
and concluded with the december
study Club meeting in Rome that was
attended by more than 100 participantsfrom three study Clubs, who cameto listen to a program that included apresentation made by Rony Jung.

Another very important event in thesection year was the section meeting,which took place in the amazing
environment of Teatro Rispoli inthe beautiful city of Verona and wasattended by more than 250 people. The
speakers’ panel with Paul Fugazzotto,
Piercarlo Frabboni, Hideaki Katsuyama
and Rino Burkhardt, allowed the section to organize an event that was very
distinguished from a cultural pointof view. It also had some very importantmoments of learning and sharing, witha short course on Keynote given
by sergio Piano, the Fellow meeting,the study Club director meeting,a “clinical case competition” for young
speakers and study Club members,
and, last but not least, a welcome party
in a historical mansion in Verona.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Luca Cordaro

Education Delegate:
sandro siervo

Study Club Coordinator:
Giacomo oteri

Communications Officer:
Raffaele Cavalcanti

Section Administrator:
Luca Canevari

The focus has now shifted to theorganization of the national congress
in Venice at the end of september 2013that will include some very prestigious
international and national speakers.
At the end of 2012, the section had
33 Fellows and had increased
the number of its Members from 390
to 506.

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Section Officers
Section Chair:eiji Funakoshi

Education Delegate:
Hideaki Katsuyama

In 2012, the Japanese section undertook to promote the ITI with the aim ofgrowing the study Clubs and acquiring
new Members. These activities took
place, however, in a difficult environment as reports of severe complications associated with implant dentistry
therapy appeared throughout thecountry.

Study Club Coordinator:
Makoto shiota

Communications Officer:
Takahiro sato

Section Administrator:
Takahisa Taoka

In order to tackle the growing negative
perception of implant dentistry inJapan, the section held a media
conference in Tokyo on June 14, theday before its national congress. The
section Leadership Team was joinedby daniel Buser, who explained about
the ITI’s efforts to improve implantdentistry education worldwide, its morethan 30-year track record and the ITI’s
philosophy centering on evidencebased knowledge. He also cited 10-year
survival and success rates from a study
in Bern (2010) that shows a higher
than 95 percent rate of success.
The national congress on the following
day drew an audience of more than
1,000 participants. Talking about
achievements and complications in
implant dentistry were international
guest speakers daniel Buser, Urs Belser
and david Cochran, among others. eachpresentation was followed by a panel
discussion with questions from theaudience.

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Section Korea
during the year, a total of 92 study Club
meetings were held by the country’s
32 study Clubs – an increase of 14 overthe previous year. Various other administrative and organizational meetings
were held, including three leadership
meetings, one Fellow meeting, one
study Club director meeting, anda Member meeting. A Treatment Guide
seminar on Volume 5 was also organizedwith the participation of more than
200 practitioners and the section
manned an ITI booth at six local dental
events.
At the end of the year, the section
had 31 Fellows and had increased
the number of its Members from 734
to 1,006.

Creating a lively annual program inorder to bring about greater awarenessof the ITI in Korea and attract new
Members was the section’s plan for2012. once again four ITI Forum days
were held and were well attended.
The success of this scientific meeting
serves to differentiate the ITI in Korea
from other academic organizations in
a similar field. Around 110 Fellows andMembers attended the annual scientificmeeting that featured an interactive
communications program using smart
phones. At the speaker development
meeting, four study Club directors
were given the opportunity to makepresentations.

At the end of 2012, the section had
grown its membership by 77 percent
with 15 Fellows and an increase in
Members from 172 to 317.

Section Officers
Section Chair:Jae-shin Lee

Education Delegate:
Richard Leesungbok

Study Club Coordinator:
Yoon-Je Jang

Communications Officer:
Ui-Won Jung

Section Administrator:

The study Club concept has taken off
well in Korea and around 86 percent
of all Members are enrolled in a study
Club. A new study Club Coordinator –Yoon-Je Jang – was elected in 2012.
The Korean ITI study Club Top-down
under the direction of Richard
Leesungbok actively shared its scientific program with the Brighton study
Club in Australia: John Lucas, a dental
technician from Melbourne, was invited
to Korea in september and Richard
Leesungbok to Australia in october.

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Section Officers
Section Chair:
Raul Medina-Martinez

Education Delegate:
Alejandro Treviño santos

Study Club Coordinator:
Juan Pablo Villarreal
Zubiria

Communications Officer:
Juan Carlos Garcia Lara

Section Administrator:
Andreas Müller

one of the main activities of the
Mexican section in 2012 was study Club
development and study Club meetings.
efforts were made to add an international touch with guest speakers
from abroad who included Hugo Albera,
danny Torassa, santiago Caram,
Masaroh Matsuura, Katsuki Yamamoto,Juan Vega and Mauricio Araujo. All
the Members were very pleased withthe presentations of the international
guests.
The traditional section meeting was
the big event of the year and included
the participation of Mauricio Araujo
from Brazil as the guest speaker.
The event attracted more than 300
participants.
The section was established in 2008,
so 2012 signalled the end of the firstterm of office for the Leadership Team.
Raul Medina took over as Chair, while
Alejandro Treviño was re-elected as
education delegate, and Juan Pablo
Villarreal also remained as study Club
Coordinator. Juan Carlos Garcia Lara
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Section Middle East
At the end of the year, the section
registered growth of 76 percent with
12 Fellows and an increase in Members
from 90 to 166.

The Middle east section is madeup of 14 countries that extend from
north east Africa to the Gulf area.
Within these tremendous geographicalboundaries and cultural differences,
the Middle east section is working hard
to make the ITI known in its region
and to increase its membership figuresin each country.
on december 7 and 8, the section held
its second highly successful regional
congress in Abu dhabi that lookedat new technologies, innovations andmaterials and how to evaluate anduse them. More than 470 participants
attended, including a number of visitorsfrom europe, north America, south
America and Asia. The program waspresented in english by 10 regional andthree international speakers, Mauricio
Araujo from Brazil, Hans-Peter Weberfrom UsA, and Urs Brägger fromswitzerland.
earlier in the year in April, the section
organized its first education day inBeirut, which drew more than 200 participants from Lebanon and neighboring
countries. The lectures were presented
in english by two international speakers,
nikolaos donos from england andJacques Penaud from France.

The section also managed to establish
four new study Clubs during the year;
three in saudi Arabia (Riyadh 2,
Jeddah, dammam) and one in Lebanon(north of Lebanon). The section’s
12 study Clubs held 25 events. The
UAe study Clubs managed to get CMe
accreditation from the Abu dhabi
Health Authority towards license
renewal to practice in the UAe. Beirut
and north of Lebanon study Clubs
held a shared event in septemberthat featured scientific and coaching
seminars followed by an extracurricularteam building exercise in the formof a biking program. Feedback fromdentists who participated and theirfamilies was very positive.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Georges Gebran

Education Delegate:
ninette Banday

Study Club Coordinator:
nidal saabCommunications Officer:
Rodolphos Politis

Section Administrator:
david dias

Among the other meetings held by thesection were three leadership meetings,
two Fellow meetings, one study Club
director meeting, and an annual section
meeting.
By the end of the year, the section
increased the number of its Fellows
from 20 to 31 and its Members from148 to 208.

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Section Officers
Section Chair:
Christiaan
ten Bruggenkate

Education Delegate:daniel Wismeijer

Study Club Coordinator:
Geert stoker

Preparation for the 2013 Benelux congress began in 2012. A very promisingprogram looking at the role of digitaltechnology in implant dentistry has
been put together with contributions
from both local and international guest
speakers. The latter include Irena sailer
from switzerland, German Gallucci
from the UsA and Paolo Casentini from
Italy. Work continues in order to attract
as many participants from the threeparticipating countries and beyond as
possible.

Communications Officer:
Ali Tahmaseb

Section Administrator:
Joos van Riet

The section’s website also went online
during the year to provide a local sourceof information for anyone interested infinding out more about the ITI in the
netherlands and the events coming up.
The study Club program for 2012flourished with a total of eight study
Clubs throughout the country that each
held between two and three meetings
and all met for an event at the ACTA
University in november at which david
Cochran made presentations. Thereis still potential for growth that will befollowed up in the coming year.

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Section Norway & Sweden
during the year, the section had threeleadership and three Fellow meetings
as well as the annual section meetingthat offered a presentation by international guest speaker erik Andersen
from denmark. Two theme nights were
held that were greeted very positively
by participants. similar appreciation
was expressed for the novel ITI fresh
cadaver course at erasmus Universitythat was sold out early on.
The section regretted the departureof section Administrator Joos van Riet
during the year, whose position has
not yet been filled.
At the end of the year, the section had
14 Fellows and 257 Members.

The main focus during the year was onplanning the 7 th ITI national congressthat is to be held in stockholm from
April 12 to 13, 2013 with the title “Complications and future perspectives in
implant dentistry”. several international
lecturers have been invited.
In June, the seventh national seminar
was held in stockholm. The theme
was implant treatment techniquewith a focus on digital planning andguided surgery. The guest speakers
were Heming olsen-Bergem and Henrik
skjerven from oslo University, who
held lecturers on guided surgery andshared their experience from the useof codiagnostix. Rasmy shahnavaz fromsweden also presented his experienceof digital implant planning in private
practice.

Later on in the year in autumn, it was
decided to bring together sweden andnorway within one section. In future,
the section will hold nordic rather thansingle country congresses. The first is
to be held in 2015.

Section Officers
Section Chair:ola norderyd

Education Delegate:
Lars-Åke Johansson

At the end of the year, the section had
experienced strong growth – largely
due to the integration of Fellows andMembers in norway – with 22 Fellows
and an increase in Members from 93
to 175.

Study Club Coordinator:
Kerstin Fischer

Communications Officer:
Göran Bergkvist

Section Administrator:
nicklas Rohdin

Alongside the seminar, the swedish
section held its annual section meeting.
An important issue is the further development of study Clubs. during 2012
six study Clubs were run in five cities –the northernmost in Luleå /Kiruna.

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Section Officers
Section Chair:sharifah Alhabshi

Education Delegate:
Alvin Yeo

Study Club Coordinator:
Chatchai KunavisarutCommunications Officer:
Chi Cheong Yip

Section Administrator:
Philipp nueesch

The south east Asian section held
its first annual section meeting on May
24 and 25, 2012 in Kuching, sarawak.
A total of 150 participants attended
a great scientific meeting at which
stephen Chen was the keynote speaker,
supported by regional speakers fromsingapore, Thailand and Indonesia.
The Leadership Team, Fellows andstudy Club directors all held theirrespective meetings around the section
meeting. The then straumann Ceo
Beat spalinger and stephen Chen joined
the section’s leadership and Fellow
meetings as guests.
Prior to the section meeting, theLeadership Team held its first meetingin Kuching, sarawak in April to finalize
the preparations for the meetingsand Philipp nueesch, straumann’s Area
sales Manager Asia and Pacific joined
the team as the section Administrator.
The team met up again in London
at the ITI Annual General Meetingand started preparing for the 1st ITI
Congress south east Asia that will beheld in Bangkok, Thailand in May 2013.
daniel Buser and Urs Belser will be
the keynote speakers at the congress,
the theme of which is “Achieving
esthetic success in implant dentistry”.
several regional speakers will also
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In 2012, a total of 39 study Club
events were held by the 13 study Clubs
throughout south east Asia. The total
number of participants was over 1,000.
Many non-ITI Members also participated and showed interest in becoming
ITI Members as can be seen from thegrowing number of Members in thesection.
By the end of the year, the section had
22 Fellows and the number of Members
had increased from 157 to 224.

Section Southern Africa
The main goals of the section southern
Africa for 2012 were to concentrateon equipping study Club directors tolead their study Clubs, host a scientific
day towards the middle of the year
and also to expand the ITI’s presence
further north of south Africa.
The first study Club director meeting
was held in February 2012, when all
the study Club directors were invited
to attend the Cape Town study Club
evening, the largest in south Africa.
study Club directors were able towitness the success of the study Club
concept in Cape Town, and a study
Club director meeting was held on thefollowing day.
A very successful scientific day washosted at Asara Wine estate in stellenbosch, south Africa. The guest speaker
was dean Morton from the UsA, who
presented enlightening lectures on
the road forward for teaching facilities
that offer implant dentistry education
for the next generations of dentists.
some of the section’s local ITI speakers
also shared their knowledge on cases
they had treated. The turnout for the
meeting was particularly encouraging
as a number of attendees from neighboring Zimbabwe also participated.

The ITI’s involvement in the Universityof Pretoria training program expanded
and members of the section Leadership
Team regularly made live demonstrations at the courses, as well as giving
lectures. The section membershippool once again grew as a result of thestudents attending this course. Members attending the courses from Kenya
and Mozambique also registered to
become Members of the ITI.
The scientific Program Committee
finalized the program for the ITICongress southern Africa that will behosted in Johannesburg, south Africa
from July 26 to 27, 2013. The congresstheme is “60 Years! Yesterday, Today
and Tomorrow”. The two international
speakers, both from the UsA, are steveeckert and Anthony sclar. There will
be a case and poster presentation competition that is aimed at practitioners
and young academics to showcase theirexperience and achievements. This iscertainly set to be an exciting meeting.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Gerrit Wyma

Education Delegate:
Paul van Zyl

Study Club Coordinator:
Pieter Wolfaardt

Communications Officer:
Christiaan Vorster

Section Administrator:
Peter Anderson

By the end of the year, the section had
12 Fellows and the number of Members
had risen from 189 to 240.

The current namibian study Club
expanded its base into Zimbabwe andthe inaugural meeting was held in
Harare at the beginning of July 2012.
The meeting was extremely successful
as a number of new Members registered with the ITI.

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Section Switzerland
Section Officers
Section Chair:
Bruno schmid

Education Delegate:

The section once again enjoyed a very
successful year. The Leadership Teamheaded by Bruno schmid worked very
well together and managed to plan andcarry out the year’s activities in three
Leadership Team meetings.

nicola U. Zitzmann

Study Club Coordinator:
Irena sailer

Communications Officer:
Michael Bornstein

Section Administrator:
Heinz P. Frei

In 2012, the swiss section held 124
study Club meetings and ran 18 ITI
courses. It also held its first national
congress, with the scientific programorganized by nicola U. Zitzmann
and Irena sailer. With more than 500
participants it was very successful withpositive feedback and revenues. The
congress was combined with a numberof meetings for study Club directors,
ITI speakers and the annual Fellow
meeting.
The section also ensured an ITI
presence with an information standat a number of academic congresses.
The section leadership position ofCommunications officer was filled byMichael Bornstein.

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Section Taiwan
At the end of 2012, the section had
85 Fellows and 1,076 Members, whichmeans that 25 percent of all dentists
in switzerland have commited themselves to the ITI.

In 2012, the Taiwanese section set
itself a primary goal to enhance thevalue of joining the ITI community andto increase the section’s membershipfigures. The study Clubs represent
the main source of new knowledge andeducation resources as well as being theplace that enables the greatest degreeof exchange between Members. expertson specific fields, former ITI scholars
and dental clinicians were invited
to give a wide range of special lectures.
A total of 16 meetings were held by four
study Clubs, which were attended bymore than 400 participants.

A further highlight this year took placeon May 14 when Luca Cordaro fromthe eastman dental Hospital in Romecame to give a special lecture on the
topic “success factors of esthetic results in implant dentistry”. dr. Cordaro
shared his experience on “smile studies”
and how to manage the emergence profile effectively, maintaining prosthetic
flexibility in every clinical situation.

The section’s major event in 2012
was the ITI Congress Taiwan held on
september 15 and 16. The theme was“Implant dentistry in the digital world:
Long-term success, optimal outcome
and the advanced technologies”.
Three international speakers participated: niklaus Lang (Hong Kong),
daniel Wismeijer (netherlands), anddavid schneider (switzerland). The
panel discussion entitled “Contemporary technologies versus conventional
approaches” in the form of a lively
exchange between the invited speakers
and ITI Fellows was greatly appreciated.
The excellent two-day scientific program was enjoyed by 200 participants.

At the end of 2012, the section had
11 Fellows and the number of Members
had risen from 50 to 86.

Section Officers
Section Chair:Alex Tsai

Education Delegate:
Phoebe Kung

Study Club Coordinator:
Iok-Chao Pang

Former ITI scholar Peking Cheng was
welcomed back from Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz in Germany after
one year of training.

Communications Officer:
Chun-Cheng Wang

Section Administrator:
Julia Tsai

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Section Officers
Section Chair:
Haldun Iplikcioglu

Education Delegate:

The section Turkey & Azerbaijan enjoyed a very active and productive year.
The annual section meeting took placein Antalya and attracted more than
400 Members – representing over
70 percent of the section membership.

near the end of the year, a merger
between Fellows and Members in
Azerbaijan and the Turkish section
resulted in the new and broader section
Turkey & Azerbaijan that runs fromeurope to Western Asia.

A total of 68 study Club meetings
were held, attended by 430 Members,
54 guests and 356 non-Members.
More than half of the study Clubs wereable to invite an international speaker
and this raised a high level of interest
among the Turkish dental community
in general. Additionally, the formatof study Clubs in small groups led
more Members to take an active rolein discussions and presentations.
The number of ITI speakers increased
from 17 to 23 during the year. The more
events were held, the better the study
Club concept was understood. The
benefits and resources of the ITInet
were also successfully promoted among
the Members.

At the end of 2012, the section had
29 Fellows and 535 Members.

selim ersanli

Study Club Coordinator:
Kivanç Akça

Communications Officer:
Bilge Gokcen-Rohlig

Section Administrator:
Cuneyt Bastimur

In cities where there are currently
no study Clubs, the section ran nine
education meetings that drew morethan 300 professionals. Two targetededucation meetings were organized
in order to establish a common
scientific language among Fellows.
Both young and experienced Fellows
attended the meeting, providing
an excellent opportunity to discuss
the status of implant dentistry today.

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Section UK & Ireland
2012 brought the ITI Annual General
Meeting to London, which was a great
opportunity for the section UK &Ireland to show the other ITI sections
how much it had grown in recent years.
The meeting was accompanied bya fantastic scientific program, featuring
speakers such as Frauke Mueller, Tara
Renton and nikos donos on topics
including: “diagnosis and managementof nerve damage following implant
surgery” and “Implant therapy andfuture burden of maintenance in theelderly population”.
The section also saw two of its Members awarded scholarships. Christopher
Millen became an ITI scholar at the
University of Bern and Borvornwut
Buranawat was awarded a year’s
scholarship at the University of Zurich.
The section continues to work
extremely hard at developing itself inmany areas. some of its Fellows areactively involved in international ITI
committees: these include Charlotte
stilwell, who is a member of the education Core Group, nikos donos, who
is a member of the University Programs
Committee and stephen Barter, who
is a section & Membership Core Group
member.
The section undertook speaker
development days, study Club director
development days and specific individual development of educators for
the Foundation in Implant dentistrycourse. one of the events organizedby the section was a wonderful speaker
development day presented by
Alessandro devigus from switzerland.

Following the success of dr. devigus’
presentation at the ITI UK & Ireland
Congress in december 2011, he wasinvited back to provide a full day
on digital photography to the benefitof the speaker group.

Section Officers
Section Chair:
Philip Freiberger

Education Delegate:
Charlotte stilwell

new section communication tools/
methods were developed that include
an e-newsletter, which is now in preparation and closer working relationships
between study Club directors and theCommunications officer in order toextend the benefits of ITI membershipto a wider audience. The study Clubs
continued to flourish and there are now
40 spread across the country.

Study Club Coordinator:
Pedja Pavlovic

Communications Officer:
Colin Campbell

Section Administrator:

earlier in the year the section hosted
a hugely successful annual section
meeting with a scientific program presented by Vincent Fehmer and Andreas
ender from the University of Zurich.
The program was based around CAd/
CAM and digital restorations anddelivered to a large and receptive
audience.

Alan Goldie

on a final note, the section is delighted
to announce that it has been granted
a second ITI scholarship Center at Barts
and The London school of Medicine
and dentistry at The Royal London
Hospital.
The section was delighted to welcomenine new Fellows in 2012: Fadi Barrak,
Colin Burns, Ashley Byrne, dejan
dragisic, Chong Lim, david nelson,
dominic o’sullivan, eoin o’sullivan andGeorgios Papageorgakopoulos.
At the end of 2012, the section had
45 Fellows and had increased thenumber of Members from 683 to 723.

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Section USA
Section Officers
Section Chair:dean Morton

Education Delegate:
Frank L. Higginbottom

Study Club Coordinator:
Paul Fugazzotto

Communications Officer:
William Martin

Section Administrator:
Arjan Haverhals

In 2012, in addition to finalizing the
preparations for the Congress northAmerica to be held in Chicago in April
2013, the section focused on consolidating and developing the growth ofprevious years in the section as a wholeand in the study Clubs in particular.
section Chair dean Morton has createdan efficient environment within the
Us section that is conducive to growth.
This has been reflected in increased
membership, successful annual meetings, the introduction of new concepts
and ideas to promote the ITI fromwithin, and a north American Congressthat is on pace to have participation
numbers that will eclipse all previous
congresses.
Under the direction of educationdelegate Frank Higginbottom, thecongress organizing committee
has created a topical and informative
program entitled “Connectivity in
Implant dentistry: Putting the Pieces
Together”. With a great venue in theheart of downtown Chicago, it will be
a great success.
The number of ITI study Clubs grewfrom 146 to 175 in 2012. With mandates
handed down at the Annual General
Meeting in 2012, there will be a movement in 2013 to increase the size of the
ITI study Clubs – most currently haveless than 10 members – while decreasing
the overall number of Clubs. A goal has
been set to reduce the ITI study Club
number to 140. study Club directors
still seek assistance in creating content
that can be utilized to educate its
members. The section is currently
developing a curriculum that will bemade exclusive to active ITI study
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The annual section meeting was held
in Charlotte in April. The highlight of
the 1.5-day meeting was on Friday whenGerman Gallucci presented on the topic“digital Implant Workflow”. This was avery informative and thought-provoking
lecture on the state of technology
and its impact in the area of planning,
placement and restoration of dental
implants. The second meeting of ITI
study Club directors followed the nextday. An open forum was conductedby Paul Fugazzotto, Greg Phillips andBill Keller, at which techniques to growand run ITI study Clubs were discussed.
The annual business meeting for Us
Fellows was held in Andover in october.
This meeting is the forum at which
the fellowship is informed of strategic
directions taken by the ITI that were
presented at the ITI Annual General
Meeting in London. The changes
discussed included the goals of refining
the successful study Club initiative
to ensure its future in the coming years,
management of the section budget,and lastly presenting initiatives toensure the success of the coming 2013
ITI national congress. The meeting
was vibrant and dynamic. of course,
as always, the Fellows embraced
the opportunity to spend time together
and enjoy the unique relationships
developed through the ITI.

The section introduced an initiative
to expand membership through educational activities. In 2012, it focusedon the West Coast with two one-day
conferences in san Francisco in May
and Las Vegas in october. These
conferences aimed at bringing the ITI
to the forefront as a provider of highquality, evidence-based education whilebringing exposure for the ITI to areas
where membership is low.
Under the guidance of dean Mortonand david Cochran, the section is introducing a “Young Fellows Committee”,
headed by Jay Beagle. This committee
is geared towards encouraging active
young Fellows with a view to leadershiproles within the section in the future.
Jay Beagle completed his term on thesection & Membership Core Group
in 2012 to be replaced by dean Morton.
The section thanks Jay for his tirelessefforts over the years.
Thanks also go to outgoing section
Administrator Gino desimone for the
many years of support provided tothe section. He passed on his duties toArjan Haverhals and the section looks
forward to similar success working with
Arjan.

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Financial report.

ITI Association
In 2012, the trend of rapid and substantial membership growth continued, reflecting
the quality and breadth of the ITI’s offering for the dental community. This wasseen in an increase in membership fees by well over CHF (Swiss francs) 800,000 overthe previous year. Total income topped the CHF 3 million mark for the first time
to reach over CHF 3.5 million. Operating costs rose to just under CHF 3.5 million,
mainly due to partial reimbursements to the ITI Foundation in return for its contribution to membership benefits and activities. The overall operating profits of
the ITI Association remained positive.

ITI Association Financial Statement 2012 1
2012

in CHF
2011

273,328
3,245,759
2,517
3,521,604

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

3,464,501

2,487,013

57,103201,880

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 2012

are available at the domicile of the ITI Association.

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ITI Foundation Financial Statement 2012 1

As predicted, 2012 remained a year of heavy investment that went primarily into
education towards the fulfillment of the ITI’s Vision 2017. This resulted in an overall
operating loss of more than CHF 1.5 million. However, this loss is CHF 1.3 million
less than in the previous year and underlines the ITI’s firm resolve to re-establish
a balanced budget by 2013.

Operating Revenues

Total revenues passed the CHF 20 million mark for the first time, with an increaseof almost CHF 2.4 million over the previous year. The increase in revenues fromeducational events, in particular national/regional ITI congresses, of almost
CHF 0.5 million indicates that investment into educational activities is beginningto bear fruit.

Operating Costs

Expenditure rose significantly, mainly due to continued financial support for
the ITI Study Club program, as well as exceptional outgoings for Scholarships dueto the launch of a new annual scheduling rhythm of the Scholarship year andthe corresponding financial provisions. Expenditure for “Global Education”, referring to items such as national congresses and other umbrella education projects,
remained relatively stable compared to the previous year.
Costs for general administration dropped significantly, reflecting an almost 60 %drop in expenditure for marketing & communication as well as strongly reduced
outgoings for IT projects for administrative processes and services after significant
investment in this area in the previous year.
With a reduction of more than CHF 1.3 million in the overall operating loss overthe previous year, the ITI Board has signaled the seriousness of its intention toachieve a balanced budget in 2013 after the heavy expenditures of previous years
connected to the launch of the ITI Study Club program as well as the ITI’s new
responsibilities in regard to national congresses.

Contributions
Revenues from educational events
Other Revenues
Total Operating Revenues

Research2012

in CHF
2011

14,696,166
2,778,664
3,138,041
20,612,871

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

2,245,574

2,453,836

3,900,081
629,322
1,970,163
4,582,404
5,513,960
16,595,930

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

2,893,521
188,836
284,559
22,545
3,389,460

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

20,612,871
22,230,964–1,618,092

18,229,548
21,199,093–2,969,545

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 2012

are available at the domicile of the ITI Foundation.

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g Researchg Education
g General Administration

2,245,574
16,595,930
3,389,460

Total

22,230,964

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To the Board of Trustees of
ITI Foundation for the Promotion of Oral Implantology, BaselTo the General Meeting of the Members of
ITI Association, Basel

Basel, March 7, 2013

Basel, March 7, 2013

Report of the statutory auditor
on the limited statutory examination

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, 2012.

As statutory auditor, we have examined the financial statements (balance sheet, statementof operations and notes) of ITI Association for the year ended December 31, 2012.

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 the Foundation’s personnel and analytical procedures as well
as detailed tests of the Foundation’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. 662 CO) as well aswith the deed of foundation.

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
Ernst & Young Ltd

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		Christoph Dolensky			
Licensed audit expert			(Auditor in charge)

Markus Kocher
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Phone +41 (0)61 270 83 83
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