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“… to promote and disseminate knowledge on
all aspects of implant dentistry and related ­tissue
regeneration through research, development
and education to the benefit of the patient.”

GlobalOver the last 30 years, the ITI has
grown from a local into a truly globalorganization.

Fellows & Members
In 2009, the ITI grew by 1,267 Members
and welcomed 64 new Fellows.

GlobalFellows & Members(end 2009)(end 2009)

Countries represented:

92

Fellows:

676

Continents:

6

Members:

6,616

National Sections:26

Total:

7,292

Contents
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An expanding matrix
of expertise

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President’s Report10

ITI Education Core Groupand Education Committee

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New Fellows

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ITI Research Committee

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ITI University Programs
Committee

18

ITI Scholarship Committee

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ITI Section & MembershipCore Group and Committee

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A dynamic online platform
for enhanced exchange

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

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Financial report

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Contact

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Expenditure
The ITI invests in the future by supporting the development of education
measures and tools as well as funding
independent research.
Expenditure(ITI Foundation and ITI Association)(in CHF 1,000)

2007:

14,9202008:

10,832

2009:12,122

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An expanding matrix
of expertise.
A vital network of Fellows and Members that extends across the world,
the ITI is dedicated to furthering and promoting the interests of evidencebased implant dentistry.

The ITI is active in furthering the spreadand development of implant dentistry
through a variety of channels andmeetings. The organization has developed in parallel to implant dentistry
itself and it has through its projectsand ­undertakings contributed significantly to the standards and norms thatguide the field today.
Founded in 1980 by a small group ofpioneers, who were convinced ofthe long-term potential of dental implants, the ITI has since grown exponentially. Initially centered around
Waldenburg, Bern and Freiburg, thereach of the ITI soon extended toinclude Western Europe, the US andJapan. In recent years, its coverage
has further expanded to take in SouthAmerica, Africa, the Middle East andSouth East Asia. The organizationis unique in its international naturein this field and is able to count key

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opinion leaders as well as experts witha global reputation among its membership. The ITI is further distinguishedby the collegial spirit that flows
through the entire organization andis felt in the attitude of generous
exchange brought to all its activities.
The ITI focused initially on the areasof research, development and education in order to foster the development of the field as well as treatment
approaches based on scientifically
proven methodologies. Today the ITI
concentrates primarily on education,
while also continuing to support research through funding and is currently
one of the largest non-governmental
funding organizations in implant dentistry worldwide. Through a structureof bodies – the Board of Directors,
centralized committees and nationaland regional Sections – the ITI spreads
its evidence-based philosophy. The

four committees and Board comprise­Fellows who volunteer their time tocontribute to the running of the organization itself – Board of Directors, Section & Membership Committee – orto the areas supported by the organization – Education Committee, University Programs Committee, ResearchCommittee. The main task of the Sections is to provide practitioners within
their area with a framework of educational events and tools to support
best practices in implant dentistry andalso to offer them a forum for discussion and exchange at a national level.
The ITI now has a total of 26 Sections
around the world on every continent.
Among the events held by the ITI is the
ITI World Symposium, which is widely
acknowledged as the gold standardof implant dentistry congresses. It iscomplemented by national congresses
in the intervening years. In addition
to these larger events are local meetings such as ITI Study Clubs, whichallow participants to benefit from eachother’s experience in an informal setting, as well as courses and workshops.
The ITI also publishes reference works
such as the very well received ITI Treatment Guide series, now in its fourthvolume. In order to ensure that thecontent can be optimally appreciated,
all Treatment Guides from volume 4
onwards are also being translated fromEnglish into a further seven languages.
A frequently quoted reference source,
the ITI Consensus Papers are publishedin a peer-reviewed journal every five
years following ITI Consensus Conferences that unite experts from all over
the world to debate current topics
and formulate consensus statements
based on the latest literature available.

sity program where it coordinates with­educational institutions around theworld to offer ITI-quality courses.
At the moment the course offering
is restricted to ITI Education Weeks inseven approved institutions. In order
to offer young practitioners the­opportunity to gain experience underan experienced mentor, the ITI also
­offers around 20 Scholarships every
year supported by a stipend atits 17 Scholarship Centers aroundthe world.

ITI Fellows
Fellows represent the ITI’s inner coreof membership. Entry is by nomination
only. An ongoing and high degree ofcommitment in the fields of leadership,
research, development or education isnecessary to retain Fellowship status.
Fellows may also serve on the ITI’s committees or Board or take on functionsin an ITI Section.
ITI Members
The ITI welcomes all dentists, physicians, scientists, certified dental techni-

In 2009, the ITI increased its total
membership from 5,965 to 7,289,
of whom 675 are Fellows and 6,614
are Members.

cians, registered dental hygienists andappropriately qualified professionals
with an interest in implant dentistry as
Members of the organization. Members
benefit from the opportunity to meetlike-minded professionals throughnational and international events andhave direct access to informationon the latest developments in the field.
More information on the ITI:
www.iti.org

In addition to events and publications,the ITI has also introduced a univer-5

President’s Report

Implementing the ITI
Vision 2017 to ensure future
growth and success.

2009 was significant both for the ITI and for me personally.
The highlight of the year was surely the ITI meeting in Copenhagenat the end of August.

Daniel Buser

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Dieter Weingart

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Pedro BullónNot only did record numbers of Fellows
attend the annual general meeting(AGM) and scientific seminar, but thesuccess of the Curriculum Library Conference held in the three days preceding the AGM, testified to the generous
spirit that characterizes the ITI. It is
this commitment and dedication thathave allowed the ITI to grow into thehighly successful and respected international organization it is today.
On a personal note, I am proudto take up the presidency from Dieter­Weingart, who made a wonderful presentation at the AGM summarizing
the many important developments thattook place during his term of office.
It is my goal as ITI President to implement and foster all the initiatives of
our ITI Vision 2017 that we defined at
our strategy meeting in 2007.
New ITI Committees
The two new ITI Committees thatwere recently established have alreadymade good progress with their respective tasks. The ITI University Programs
Committee is developing a program
structure based on close cooperation
between well established educational
institutions and the ITI. This willfurther expand the global educational
offering available to practitioners

Stephen Chen

that is in line with the principles andevidence-based philosophy of the ITI.
The first ITI Education Week courses
were held in 2009 and a full program isin place for 2010.
The new ITI Section & Membership
Committee has started implementing
processes to facilitate the smoothrunning of the national Sections. Its
work involves many key tasks, of which
the four-yearly fellowship review is at
the top of the list. Significant progresshas already been made in clarifying
the criteria for maintaining fellowshipand the review process will be a degree
more rigorous than in the past. While
it is our aim to increase our circle ofFellows, our standards of quality mustremain high. As the number of ourSections increases, so does our needfor qualified individuals to serve in
the Section leadership and as ITI
Speakers. Succession is an importantconsideration for every organization
and a commitment to the Section
can serve as the basis for later inclusion on the central committees and
ITI Board. The Committee elections
are coming up in 2011 and the ITI aims
once again to promote young Fellows
and women in particular in order toensure injection of fresh blood into ourleadership.

Anthony Dickinson

Hideaki Katsuyama

7Improved communications
One of our priorities is to further improve our internal and external com­munication at several levels. Given thefact that a significant proportion of
our membership is not fluent in English,
the ITI Board decided at the Board
Meeting in Nov 2009 to extend therange of languages in which we offer
certain publications.
From 2010 onwards, all new volumesof the ITI Treatment Guide will be
produced in eight languages: English,
French, German, Italian, Spanish,
Japanese, Chinese, and Brazilian Por­tuguese. The Forum Implantologicum
will also follow. English will continue
to be the main language and the language versions will be translated after
the English master version is finished.
This means there will be a delay of
a few months before the language versions appear, but will, however, ensure the transfer of knowledge to ourmembership. Multilingual information
will allow us to reach larger numbersof practitioners around the world andcontribute to making the organization
better known and more attractive.
It is our ambition to continuously grow
our ITI Membership, since this is thebest basis for the successful dissemination of the ITI treatment philosophy.

Thomas Taylor

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Gerhard Wahl

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Section visits
Another aspect of communication ismeeting face to face. Last fall I started
a round of visits that will hopefully
take me to all ITI Sections by the endof 2010. A personal visit offers each
Section the opportunity to talk about
its local situation and needs. It also
gives me the chance to talk about the
ITI’s expectations of the Sections andexplain our overall strategies and goals.
By the end of 2009 I had been able tovisit the Australian as well as the SouthAmerican Sections and found the visits
very valuable. We have now managed
to schedule visits for 2010 together
with Friedrich Buck, Executive Directorof the ITI, to almost all the Sections.
Friedrich Buck joined us in February
2009 and, in a very short time, he has
managed to familiarize himself with
the ITI and its goals. Today, he plays animportant role within the ITI and fulfills
the high expectations of the ITI Board.
Given that the ITI is growing so quickly,
we can also expect the ITI Centerto grow in parallel in order to meetthe organization’s needs.
Networking and speaker support
Our meetings, study clubs, congresses
and other educational events offer
our membership the opportunity toHans-Peter Webernetwork and make contact with colleagues. We will continue to proactively
develop our network of study clubsthat are shaped to each country’s
needs. Additionally, in order to allow
for a broader base of exchange, the ITI
has been working on establishing andexpanding our online offering to include
a password-protected, dedicated, forumin the form of a community platform.
This new forum will allow Fellows andMembers within and beyond Sections
to get into contact with one another.
Work also continued on restructuring
and filling our image library with thelatest images from the ITI Treatment
Guides and GOMI. The aim of the ITICurriculum Library Conference in 2009
was similarly to offer our Speaker poola structured modular source of up-todate reference data online.

titioners and academics who are shaping the future of implant dentistry.
I am fully persuaded that once again
the ITI World Symposium will bea stimulating scientific event with themain auditorium full to the final closing
presentation.

ITI World Symposium
The organization of the World Symposium was one of our priorities in 2009
and we worked on finalizing the program and putting the logistical machine
in motion to ensure that everythingis in place for our 30th birthday in
Geneva. The ITI World Symposium represents, above all, a celebration of the
ITI and the fact that it has grown froma tiny group of visionary pioneers intoa worldwide network of scientists, prac-

We have exciting years ahead of us,
challenges and opportunities. Let’s continue in our efforts to implement the
ITI Vision 2017 to ensure future growthand success!

Gilbert Achermann

ITI Board of Directors
President:
Buser Daniel, Switzerland
Past President:
Weingart Dieter, Germany
Bullón Pedro, Spain

Thank youAn annual report is an ideal opportunity
to thank all those who have contributed
their energy and expertise over the
past year in support of our organization.
There are hundreds of active ITI Fellows
and Members, who in their various
roles as committee members, Section
leaders, Speakers or study club coordinators contributed selflessly and wholeheartedly to the achievement of ourgoals. A big “Thank You” goes to all of
them: your work is highly appreciated!

Chen Stephen, Australia
Dickinson Anthony, Australia
Katsuyama Hideaki, Japan
Taylor Thomas, USA
Wahl Gerhard, Germany
Weber Hans-Peter, USA
Achermann Gilbert, Switzerland
Straumann Thomas, Switzerland

Professor Dr. Daniel Buser
ITI President

Thomas Straumann

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Building educational resources
to provide reliable
and up-to-date information.
Stephen T. Chen, Chairman of the ITI Education Committee

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In 2009, the Education Core Group concentrated on establishing and developing projects that will expand the ITI’s
online resources for its various audiences as well as finalizing its preparations for the ITI World Symposium in
Geneva. The success of these projects
is always dependent on the generosityof Fellows, who contribute their timeand expertise and as such are a living
example of the ITI spirit in action.
The Curriculum Library Conference,
which brought together 45 ITI Fellows
over three days, took place in Copen­
hagen at the end of August last year.
The aim of the meeting was thecreation of content for an online tool
to provide ITI Speakers with a single
source of up-to-date information on
major topics in implant dentistry. The
Speaker Library is part of the ITI’s
online offering, which is currently being
revised and expanded.
The challenge of such an undertaking
lies in the fact that knowledge is con­tinuously being expanded and renewed.
To accommodate this constraint, a­system of focused questions reflecting
the main interest in each topic wasapplied and then corresponding statements were developed based on thelatest literature available. To thesestatements, the groups also added
relevant graphics, tables and literaturereferences. The result offers Speakers
a reliable and broad basis, which they
can use to create lectures and presen­tations. To ensure that the information
available is as up-to-date as possible,
the website provides a simultaneousfederated search of bibliographicaldata­bases based on the keywords linked
to the focused question.
The starting point for the project was
to revise the existing taxonomy of the

prototype library and then assign the
resulting list of topics to experts in eachfield. Of the 10 modules defined forthe project overall, we focused on fiveduring the conference:• Diagnosis• Treatment planning principles• Surgical principles• Restorative procedures• Treatment outcomes

ITI Education Core Group
Chairman:Chen Stephen T., Australia
Cordaro Luca, Italy
Katsuyama Hideaki, Japan
Kleinheinz Johannes, Germany
Ruskin James D., USA
Wismeijer Daniel, Netherlands
Homm Michael, Switzerland

The 45 Fellows were allocated to thefive groups and sub-groups and spent
three days in discussion, developing
and fine tuning statements. The end
result will replace the existing library,which was put in place some years ago
and is no longer up to date nor easily
navigable, and will be supplemented
by the remaining five topics in 2011,
following a second Curriculum Library
Conference in November 2010.
Until now, no single portal or sourcethat supplies all the most recent andrelevant information on implantdentistry in a coherent way has been
available. The new Curriculum Libraryaims to fill that gap. Developed withITI Speakers in mind, this tool will
streamline the process of preparing­material for presentations and, as such,is most directly useful to the younger
Sections where resources may belimited when putting together courses.
Sections
The Education Committee comprising
the Education Core Group as well as
all the Education Delegates continued
in its work by implementing the decisions and initiatives of the Core Group
within the national Sections. As aresult, many Sections have expanded
their study club program with more
locations and greater frequency tooffer their membership access toan informal venue for peer discussion

11and exchange. The number of national
congresses held in 2009 in, among
others, Australia, France, Italy, Japan,
Spain, and the USA, similarly testify
to our Sections’ dedication to the ITI’s
aims of disseminating knowledge on
all aspects of implant dentistry.

ITI Education Committee
Chairman:Chen Stephen T., Australia
Banday Ninette, Middle East
Blase Didier, Belgium
Buatois Hervé, France
Cordaro Luca, Italy
Fabréga Javier, Spain
Gaggl Alexander, Austria
Giray Bahadir, Turkey
Head Timothy, Canada
Heitz-Mayfield Lisa, Australia
Homm Michael, Switzerland
Januário Alessandro, Brazil
Jensen Simon, Denmark
Johansson Lars Ake, Sweden
Katsuyama Hideaki, Japan
Juhani Laine, Finland
Leesungbok Richard, Korea
Martinet Douteau Jean Paul, Argentina
Redinha Luis, Portugal
Ruskin James, USA
Schmid Bruno, Switzerland
Su Yucheng, China

ITI World Symposium 2010
The bulk of the preparation for the2010 World Symposium was carried out
in 2009 by the 11-strong Scientific Program Committee. The program was
finalized and speakers were approachedand engaged. The Scientific Program
Committee resolved to hold a researchcompetition. The more than 170 submissions received for the oral and poster
presentations demonstrated the on­going strong interest in research among
ITI Fellows and Members. The researchsession in the World Symposium provides an appropriate platform for Fellows
and Members to share the results of
their research and clinical experience.

Terheyden Hendrik, Germany
Treviño Santos Alejandro, Mexico
Tsai Alex, Taiwan
Van Zyl Paul, South Africa
Voyiazis Sophocles, Greece
Wismeijer Daniel, Netherlands

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Publications
Work continued on the Treatment Guide
series and Volume 4 was in preparation
during 2009 for publication in March
2010. The SAC Classification in Implant
Dentistry was published in early 2009,
two years after 28 Fellows from all over
the world met to categorize treatment
procedures in terms of their complexity
according to the SAC (straightforward,
advanced complex) classification at
a Consensus Conference in Mallorca.
The publication initially compriseda series of normative classifications, but
was then extended to include a listingof case types. The volume was sentout to the then current ITI membership in April and has been received very
enthusiastically. It is already regarded
as a standard reference tool for practi­
tioners when deliberating treatment
approaches.

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The SAC online
The SAC publication provided the inspiration for a further online tool on
which development began in 2009. The
SAC tool will allow users to key in all
the relevant data for a case in order togenerate a SAC classification indicating
the degree of skill required and levelof risk involved.
The ITI Board of Directors has decided
that the SAC tool is to be made available to all users on the ITI public website so that as many clinicians as possible can take advantage of it.
Online offeringWith its current focus on the Speaker
Library, the ITI is working on expanding
its online offering. Considerable additions were also made to the online
image libraries, which now include all
the images from the Treatment Guides
and the GOMI. In addition to this, an
ITI community platform is also opening
up which will provide ITI Fellows andMembers with an online forum throughwhich they can communicate securely
with one another.

New Fellows

Leadership, research, education anddevelopment: ITI Fellows must excel in twoof these four areas in order to ensurethat the field of implant dentistry continues
to develop to the benefit of its patientsand secure the future of the organization.

In 2009, the ITI Board of Directors approved the nominations of 64 Fellows from 21 countries who meet
the above requirements. As the organization grows, it requires more Fellows to take an active part in running
the Sections and serving as members of the committees and working groups that make a contribution toits goals. The ITI welcomes all the new Fellows to its global community.
A: Al-Ismaily Mohamed, Oman / Almeida Ricardo Faria, Portugal / Arteaga Ortiz Humberto, Mexico
B: Banday Ninette, UAE / Bassil Joseph, Lebanon / Batista Jr. Eraldo Luiz, Brazil / Binahmed Abdulazis,
Saudi Arabia / Bischof Mark, Switzerland C: Cabello Dominguez Gustavo, Spain / Caminiti Marco, Canada /Caram Santiago, Argentina / Chan Lawrence, United Kingdom / Chappuis Vivianne, Switzerland /Chiu Gordon, China/Hong Kong / Choufani Edouard, UAE / Cook Phyllis, United States / Costa da Silva
Joao Carlos, Brazil / Cruz-González Rebeca, Mexico / Cvijic Gojko, Brazil D: Dalla Libera Silmar, Brazil /Dulat Bharat, Canada F: Falcao Carlos, Portugal / Ferraniz José Maria, Spain / Flores Villarreal
Arturo Mauricio, Mexico / French David, Canada / Fritz Peter, Canada G: Gonçales Eduardo Sanches, Brazil
H: Han Jie, China/Hong Kong / Hancox Graham, United Kingdom / Horvath Atilla, United Kingdom
I: Isidor Flemming, Denmark J: James Graham, United Kingdom / Jin Lijan, China/Hong Kong /Jung Ui-Won, Korea K: Kim Yong-Deok, Korea L: Lee Bong-Ho, Korea / Lee Dae Hyun, China/Hong Kong /Leon Gomez Adrian, Mexico / Lulic Martina, China/Hong Kong M: Markovic Aleksa, Serbia N: Nedir
Rabah, Switzerland / Ng Corrie, China/Hong Kong / Nonnweiler Hans Jürgen, Germany / Norderyd Ola,
Sweden R: Ramel Christian, Switzerland / Reinish Eddie, Canada / Retzepi Maria, United Kingdom /Rittenberg Brian, Canada / Rodrigo Daniel, Spain / Roehe Neto Joao Emilio, Brazil S: Sailer Irena,
Switzerland / Salam Hani A., UAE / Santana Washington, Brazil / Schätzle Marc, Switzerland /Shahdad Shakeel, United Kingdom / Shigehara Satoshi, Japan / Siegenthaler David, Switzerland
T: Tondela Joao Paulo, Portugal V: Villarreal Zubiria Juan Pablo, Mexico / Vincelli Douglas, Canada
W: Weston Paul, United Kingdom / Wittneben Julia-Gabriela, Switzerland / Wong Kar Lai, China/Hong Kong
Y: Yildiz Cem, Turkey

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ITI Research Committee

Supporting research aroundthe world.

Thomas D. Taylor, Chairman of the ITI Research Committee

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The ITI’s commitment to researchis expressed in the considerable funds
the organization allocates each year toindividuals and groups. The numberof grant applications received in 2009
came to 60. This represents a slight
drop over the previous year and is no
doubt in part a response to the clause
introduced in 2009 that researchers
who have already received an ITI research grant must wait for a period of
three years before submitting a further
grant application. This measure ensuresthat funding goes to a broader audienceof researchers.
Of the applications received in 2009,32 were for small grants up to CHF
50,000 and 28 were for larger projects
with a limit of CHF 200,000. A totalof 31 applications were rejected, eight
were returned for revision and 21 accepted. Of the 21 applications accepted,
10 were for small grants and 11 for thehigher grant category.
In total the Research Committee
awarded CHF 1,740,887 for researchfunding in 2009. This was allocatedto projects run by 18 universities andother institutions in Australia, Austria,
Canada, China, Finland, Germany,
Italy, Korea, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and USA.
Incoming projects are always assessedon the basis of their relevance to implant dentistry today, the hypothesis
and methods as they are outlined in theapplication, the general experience ofthe researcher(s) and finally the budget
requested. A solid track record in publication is also an advantage.

laid out and presented so that thecommittee can understand the project’s
objectives, value and prerequisites as
quickly and easily as possible. As there
is a considerable degree of competition
for the Foundation’s funds, well presented applications with substance will
be favored over poorly prepared sub­missions.

ITI Research Committee
Chairman:
Taylor Thomas D., USA
Belser Urs, Switzerland
Bosshardt Dieter, Switzerland
Cochran David, USA
Hammerle Christoph, Switzerland
Reichert Torsten, Germany
Sándor George, Canada

The Committee is ready to offer newer
Sections assistance in the preparationof research grant applications and has
done so in the past by visiting a Sectionand explaining the criteria and the role
they play in the evaluation of projects.
In China, for example, the number ofapplications made and grants awarded
have increased since a Section coachingsession clarified the Committee’s needs
for the Section.
Currently only the two categories ofgrant cited at the beginning are now
available. At the end of 2008, two addi­
tional categories were removed. Research Program Projects for funds of up
to CHF 500,000 and Single Laboratory
Support for smaller laboratory start-up
projects are no longer supported. Thismeasure is intended to allow accessto funds for a larger number of smaller
projects.

Seto Kanichi, Japan
Terheyden Hendrik, Germany
Appert Christoph, Switzerland

2009 Research applications and grants
Applications received

60

Applications accepted

21

Total grants*

1.741* in CHF million

2009 distribution of grants
by classificationg Systemic influence andosseointegration
g Predictability of implant
restorationsg Bone augmentation,
metabolism and implants
g Risk factors fordental implants
g Implant tissue interfaceg Prosthetics including
occlusion, esthetics

13 %
2%
26 %
32 %
24 %
3%

The Research Committee welcomesapplications that are submitted according to the guidelines provided on the ITI
website. Applications should be clearly

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ITI University Programs Committee

A solid start to an ambitious
program.

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

At the end of its first full year of operation, the University Programs Committee is happy to report the successful
launch of the ITI University Program.
In the meantime, seven partner institutions worldwide have been confirmedthat will organize ITI Education Weeks
in future. In 2009, the first three ITI
Education Weeks were held in Bern,
Hong Kong and Stuttgart. The foundations for the ITI University Program
are now firmly in place.

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Establishing new programs can often
prove more difficult than initially anti­
cipated for various reasons, but is well
worth the effort in order to achieve
the goal of a closer and more systematic global collaboration with recognized institutions to deliver high level
education courses in implant dentistryin line with the ITI’s evidence-based
philosophy.

The ITI already had a strong historyof close collaborations with various universities around the world. Many of
the ITI’s Fellows are on the faculty ofleading institutions and actively support
the ITI’s approach to education. The
decision to create a more formalized
educational program that would lead toa worldwide network was the catalyst
for the formation of the ITI University
Programs Committee.
During 2009, the Committee completed
the selection and evaluation process
for the first group of partner institutions
that had been invited to apply. Various
criteria were taken into consideration
when looking for university partners,
not least that the institution should havea solid track record in delivering thistype of course, have state-of-the-art
facilities in which to deliver the courses,
be certified to offer continuing education credits and also that an ITI Fellow
should already be on the faculty. The
next step was to draft and negotiateagreements, a process that has become
increasingly complex in today’s bureaucratic world, but was in its final stages
at the end of 2009.
The first official ITI Education Weeks
were held in the second half of 2009
with very satisfactory attendance andexcellent feedback. In their comments,
participants were very positive about
the live surgeries, the combination ofhands-on and theoretical work, casepresentations, workshops and the inter­national nature of the events as wellas the direct access to opinion leaders
within implant dentistry. At the moment
the program is limited to one course
format, ITI Education Weeks. The highly
successful Bern Education Weeks serve
as a template to make this opportunity
available to schools elsewhere in theworld. Later on when the initial program

has established itself, the committee
will consider the possibility of providing
other types of courses.

ITI University Programs Committee

Outlook
The objective of the ITI University Program is to give professionals in implantdentistry an opportunity to participate
in ITI-quality courses that are strate­
gically located around the world. The
program also represents an opportunity
to extend the process of cross-fertilization between institutions by bringing
them into contact with one another andbuilding up a dialog. The possibilities
for the future are endless – in a numberof years it may even lead to exchanges
of faculty between partners.

Donos Nikos, UK

Chairman:Weber Hans-Peter, USA

Heitz-Mayfield Lisa, Australia
Jensen Simon, Denmark
Morton Dean, USA
Müller Frauke, Switzerland
Matter Sandro, Switzerland

Partner Institutions•	University of Bern, School of Dental
Medicine, Bern, Switzerland•	Harvard School of Dental Medicine,
Boston, USA•	University of Hong Kong,
Prince Philip Dental Hospital,

A number of institutions have expressedinterest in becoming part of the University Program and during the course ofthis year we will be considering whether
we can and should expand the list ofpartners. The current economic downturn worldwide makes the careful assessment of interest in the program andits expansion even more essential. The
Committee will evaluate and compare
the Education Weeks to be deliveredat various locations in 2010 and decide
on future additions. Consideration will
also be given to regional and language
concerns that play an important rolein the success of the program. Five ITI
Education Weeks will take place in 2010
to be joined by a further two in 2011.
The most important task immediately
ahead of us is to raise awareness ofthe program within and beyond the ITI.
The first University Programs Brochure
was issued in early 2010 and willcontribute to making the intentions
and goals of the program known toa broader public.

Hong Kong, SAR PR China•	University College of London,
Eastman Dental Institute & Hospital,
London, UK•	Klinikum Stuttgart, Katharinenhospital, Department for Oral-,
Maxillo- and Facial Plastic Surgery,
Center of Implant Dentistry,
Stuttgart, Germany•	Bloorview Kids Rehab/Universityof Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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ITI Scholarship Committee

A professional springboard
for young clinicians.

Hans-Peter Weber, Chairman of the ITI Scholarship Committee

The majority of ITI Scholars in the
2009/2010 scholarship year have started
on their Scholarship journey and theCommittee is already concentrating on
applications for the upcoming period.
The number of applications is growing
year by year, and the program has
become one of the most importantsources of new talent in the ITI.
At the end of 2008, the Scholarship
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100 applications, of which 70 werecomplete and contained all the required
information. The Committee then undertook to rate all the valid applications
according to three levels: well qualified, potentially qualified, not qualified.
In the final count, 20 applicants wereawarded a Scholarship and are currently
spending their scholarship year in oneof the 17 ITI Scholarship Centers aroundthe world.

At the moment, we have 17 Centersafter welcoming a new member to thegroup in Malmö, Sweden. Scholars
at the Malmö Scholarship Center will
be based at Malmö University in Stockholm, but will spend a substantial
amount of their time at the Teaching
Hospital in nearby Halmstad. This new
ITI Scholarship Center offers hands-on
training in patient care, involvementin treatment planning, surgical placement and prosthodontic treatmentof implants, involvement in clinical implant studies as well as access to lectures and seminars both at the university and hospital.
During the year the Scholarship Committee and the ITI Center receive a lotof queries from potential applicants
which make it clear to us that the objectives of the Scholarship year are often
still not fully understood. The Scholarship year represents an opportunity foryoung clinicians to spend time at oneof the ITI’s Centers around the world
being mentored by a leading implantdentistry practitioner. As each of theCenters defines its own program of
activities, some may either be more
surgically or prosthodontically oriented,
others may offer equal time in bothareas. The stipend that is awarded
to the Scholars is not intended to act
as a salary for the year, but is meant tohelp cover some of the accommodationand living costs involved. In some locations with a higher cost of living, thestipend does not fully cover all expenses
and Scholars will have to call on fundsof their own.

Depending on the legal situation withineach country and institution, Scholars
may be permitted to treat patients after
a certain time, including the placementof implants. Even if this is not the case,the experience will still be highly valuable as many benefits are associatedwith the Scholarship. It is an opportunity to work closely with an experienced
clinician in an approved Center andlearn about implant dentistry at manydifferent levels. Scholars are able tostart networking, initially with othercurrent and former Scholars and also
have the possibility to attend ITI events
at a Section, national or international
level depending on what is available ina particular year. Many former Scholars
have used the year as a springboardthat has led to interesting connectionsand valuable career opportunities.
As such, the Scholarship provides an
excellent platform from which Scholars
can gain exposure within the field andalso rise within the ITI.

ITI Scholarship Committee
Chairman:Weber Hans-Peter, USA
Alcoforado Gil, Portugal
Hjørting-Hansen Erik, Denmark
Lang Niklaus, Hong Kong
Tsai Alex, Taiwan
Matter Sandro, Switzerland

We are constantly updating the information on the Scholarship page tomake the application experience easierfor candidates and the FAQ is par­ticularly useful as it answers many ofthe questions that candidates regularly
have. Candidates are encouraged toread the information carefully before
starting the application process.

Our Scholarship section on the ITI website makes it clear that each Center has
its own agenda and applicants should
read each Center description carefully
in order to assess whether the Center
will offer what he or she is looking for.

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ITI Section & Membership Core Group and Committee

Establishingthe important basics.

Gerhard Wahl, Chairman of the ITI Section & Membership Committee

2009 was a year in which more questions were raised than answers found,but these questions are helping us todefine the gaps that exist between how
our Sections appear on paper and how
they each run in reality. Understanding
what lies behind these gaps will help
us to support our Sections better.
At the same time, we also continued
to work on the issue of the benefits
we offer our Fellows and Members andhow we can not only offer more, butalso ensure that the benefits we offer
are the right ones.
Copenhagen meeting
The highlight of 2009 for the Section &Membership Core Group and Committee was the meeting we held in Copenhagen, to which were invited not only
all the Section Chairmen but exceptionally also all the Section Administrators.
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Chairman:
Wahl Gerhard, Germany
Barter Stephen, UK
Beagle Jay, USA
Bullón Pedro, Spain
Dickinson Anthony, Australia

istrators was a very beneficial move as
they are the individuals who deal withthe administrative and financial aspects
involved in running a Section. As always, a meeting in which all the parties
meet face to face is infinitely morevaluable than long email exchanges andcan achieve more.

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Our organization has rapidly increased
in size over the last few years and we
now have 26 Sections, but our budget
remains approximately the same. Eachyear we are faced with the question of
how to allocate our budget fairly among
all the Sections and we do this on thebasis of the budget estimate suppliedby each Section. What became clear
during the discussions in Copenhagenis that although we have relatively
clear financial guidelines for activities
supported by the ITI, many Sections
deviate from them to a greater or lesser
degree, not out of a spirit of rebellion,
but rather as a result of the individual
socio-cultural background that dictates
how it is appropriate to carry out activities in that particular country. The
result is that where one Section may
allocate a seemingly disproportionately
large sum to entertainment, anotherclaims for travel costs that go far beyond what can be supported centrally
by the ITI. In our position, it is oftenvery difficult to assess these expenses
and the extent to which they are
considered valid within a given environment. Given the total budget available to us and the number of Sections,
we adjust the budgets accordingly.
Although compromises are regularly
made, the Section & Membership CoreGroup aims to streamline and clarify
the existing guidelines. To this end weare slowly compiling a Section handbook, which will apply to all the Sections and will be more strictly enforced
than currently.

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Another good reason for a Section
handbook is that while well established
Sections have gathered experienceon how to organize activities such ascourses and workshops, for the newer
and younger Sections with fewer
Fellows and Members, this can stillpresent a problem. The handbook willoffer practical information that canbe used to shape activities.
As part of our work allocating thebudget, we have seen that Sections
sometimes overestimate the numberof activities they can actually carry out
and, for many normally good reasons,some activities do not take place. In
real terms this means that near the endof the year, we have found that funds
are still available for Section activities.
The committee has discussed allocatingthese funds to spontaneous activities
as long as requests are accompanied
by a detailed plan describing theactivity and venue with costing and an
estimated number of participants.
The discussions and observations of thisfirst year have given us much food forthought. Among the questions raised
are how long will it be possible to manage the administration of the Sections
centrally from the ITI Center and will
it be necessary at some point for theSection Administrators to take on moreof this work? Similarly, the issue ofgeographical areas where there is no
infrastructure for administrative support currently limits our possibility
to set up a Section. We have approachedthis issue by defining areas where there
are Fellows in a number of neighboring
countries with a shared language. In
2009, the Middle East Section was created, which is made up of Fellows from12 Arab states as well as one Fellow
from Pakistan. Another solution is for
isolated Fellows to see if they can work

together with Fellows from another
Section. The German Section enjoys thecompany of a Fellow from Iceland who
speaks German, while another Icelandic
Fellow is often involved in the UK Section’s activities.
Job descriptions
One of the processes that helped crystallize our thoughts was the development of job descriptions for the Section
leadership. We now have job descriptions for all the Section officers andthe Corresponding Editor and in order
to arrive at these definitions it was­necessary to enumerate all the work
carried out by the Section and theroutes by which it needs to be achieved.
It is important to understand this division of responsibilities and we will workon refining it based on the feedback
we have received from the Sections andwill receive in future.

maintained within each Section, withexpertise in all the required areas. As
the nominators as well as the Sections
take on greater responsibility in the
Fellowship Nomination process, it isvital that they keep this balance in mind
and foster it actively.

ITI Section & Membership Committee
Chairman:
Wahl Gerhard, Germany
Aaboe Merete, Denmark
Barter Stephen, UK
Beagle Jay, USA
Bodereau Enrique, Argentina

In 2010 we will continue to build on thefoundations we laid in place in 2009 –a year devoted to fortifying the administrative basis on which we operate
our Sections and how they fulfill theirobjectives.

Bullón Pedro, Iberia
Chen Stephen, Australia
Chiapasco Matteo, Italy
de Boever Jan, Belgium
Dickinson Anthony, Australia
Fischer Kerstin, Sweden
Freiberger Philip, UK & Ireland
Funakoshi Eiji, Japan
Garcia Lara Juan Carlos, MexicoGebran Georges, Middle East
Grunert Ingrid, Austria
Hammerle Christoph, Switzerland
Han Dong-Hoo, Korea
Iplikcioglu Haldun, Turkey
Lindholm Tom, Finland
Polido Waldemar, Brazil

Feedback from the Sections is similarly
crucial in regard to the benefits offered
to Fellows and Members by the organization. Providing certain of our publications in a number of languages is seen
as a benefit and we are certain that
our Sections can supply us with further
insights into possible benefits, makesuggestions on how to optimize ourmembership offering and provide feedback on steps we have already taken.

Roccuzzo Mario, Italy
Rousseau Paul, France
Sándor George, Canada
Sykaras Nikitas, Greeceten Bruggenkate Christiaan, Netherlands
Tseng Chuen-Chyi, Taiwan
Weber Hans-Peter, USA
Wyma Gerrit, South Africa
Zhang Zhiyong, China
Maier Franz, Switzerland

Fellowship nomination
Refining the Fellowship Nomination
process is still the focus of our attention. Now that the organization has
grown so large, we have a much larger
core of Fellows than in the ITI’s formative years when the total was deliberately kept to 50. Nowadays we needmore Fellows for their active role in therunning of the Sections but it is also
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The ITI has a tradition of networking and international
cooperation. For a long time, the classic channels ofcommunication were symposia, Section meetings,
letters, telephone, fax and, since the introduction ofdigital communication, email. More recently, anotherchannel of information exchange has taken center
stage: the internet as the medium used to organize
internal and external communication offerings arounda dynamic corporate website. In 2009, the ITI picked up
the threads of many different ongoing and new online
activities with the goal of weaving them together as
an integrated whole.
The ITI has long had an international website that isopen to the public. It also has an internal platform –the ITI Knowledge Network – which is home to various
services and tools that were previously mainly geared
towards ITI Speakers. By the end of 2009, a newframework was in development for launch in 2010. The
new set-up offers an integrated platform with a single
login for access to authorized services and a broader
range of offerings for the ITI’s various target audiences,with special ­emphasis on Member benefits.

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SAC Assessment Tool
The online SAC Assessment Tool is an interactive service provided free of charge by the ITI to all practitioners seeking toassess the risks and complexity of treatment plans for individual
cases. The gesture of making this tool publicly available underlines the ITI’s commitment to ensuring that patients receive
the best-possible treatment and maintaining quality assurance
within the field.
The SAC Assessment Tool isderived from the content foundin The SAC Classification in
Implant Dentistry that was
published by the ITI in early
2009. Based on a Consensus
Conference held in 2007, wherea working group of Fellows met
to achieve consensus on thefeatures that enable classi­f i­cation of cases as straightforward, advanced or complex, the
SAC Classification in Implant
Dentistry represents the concentrated knowledge and practical experience of the ITI over its
30 years of existence.
The SAC Assessment Tool distills that knowledge in an easyto-use process that takes the user through each step necessary
to arrive at a normative complexity and risk classification ofsurgical and restorative cases. The Tool allows for a specific­a ssessment of potential risks and complications along the entire
rehabilitation process, taking into account:• general factors relating to the individual patient• number and degree of difficulty of the planned
treatment steps• different treatment modalities• site-specific factors• esthetic factors
In addition to providing implant practitioners with a risk assess­ment and management tool, this innovation allows them tobetter match cases to their skills and level of experience at thesame time as developing their knowledge at a theoretical level.
The SAC Assessment Tool also has a strong role to play in implant dentistry education, where it can be used to develop educational formats that approach both theoretical and ­practicalaspects currently applied.

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The public face of the organization:www.iti.org
The ITI website is the first place most people lookif they are interested in finding out more about
the organization. It offers an overview of theorganization’s goals and activities within a few
mouse clicks.
Every website goes through periodic updates andredesigns to keep pace with developing needs
and the ITI’s website has now been streamlined
and refreshed in order to offer easier and faster
access to its information and services. The design
ensures a consistent visual approach on all the
ITI’s pages and facilitates navigation.
There is a significant new addition to the home
page: the ITI SAC Assessment Tool. This tool (seebox) is based on the content of the recent SAC
publication and has been located on the ITI’s
public website as a service to all practitioners thatis free of charge. It allows users to check on the
degree of complexity or risk of a particular caseand indication so they can decide whether they
have the skills and experience necessary to ensure
the long-term rehabilitation of their patients.
As well as being the public face of the ITI, thehome page is also the entry point to the organization’s internal platform, which has now been
reengineered as a comprehensive interactive online portal for all ITI Members and Fellows called
the ITInet. A single login and password give every
Member and Fellow access to all the general­functionalities and for those with specific roles
such as ITI Speaker or committee member it provides access to dedicated areas on the site.
ITInetThe ITInet reflects not just a change in name andlook, but more importantly a significant upgradein content, interactive services and technology. It
is the successor to the ITI Knowledge Network andoffers new and continuously updated dynamic
content, faster access times as well as a look thatis in line with the global website.
Social and professional networking
With its tradition as a network of specialists andfriends, it is clear that the ITI needs a meeting
place in the virtual world in addition to its ­regularmeetings at national and international congresses, ITI Study Clubs and Section meetings.
This virtual space is not intended to replace, but
to complement existing channels and also bridge
geographical distances within a secure environment. Everyone who becomes a Member automatically receives a login and password forthe ITInet and this allows them immediate accessto three areas: a global ITI discussion forum,a Section area for Fellows and Members from that
Section only, and a personal area for individual
use intended to expand personal networks
and enable ongoing contact with new friends
and colleagues.
These three interaction zones can be used indifferent ways. The Section area allows for topics of local or national interest to be followed up
by members of that Section only. To cast a wider
net, topics can be launched in the global forum.
In the personal area, members can invite anyother member to become part of their circle ofcontacts for individual exchange.
As well as posting topics for discussion in the
Section or global discussion forums, it is also possible to chat in real time with individual personal
contacts, who happen to be online, just by clicking on a name in the continuously updated list oflogged-in contacts. Each user also has full editingrights to his or her own personal profile data.
These possibilities for discussion and exchange
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by the ITI community. When the system is being
used to full capacity, it represents a gateway
towards solving problems or at the very least collecting valuable information from a worldwide
community of experts. The choice of subject is up
to each individual and the discussion forums canbe used for anything ranging from clinical questions to tips for restaurants and hotels when awayfrom home.
The success of the system depends on the contributions made by users and these will no doubt
take a little time to build up momentum, but
it is clear that a modern organization must havea virtual meeting space in order to fulfill today’sneeds for a full range of communications tools.
Targeted tools
Promoting education is one of the ITI’s central
activities and one of the ways in which it achieves
its objectives is by providing ITI Speakers withtools that facilitate the preparation of presentations and lectures. The most recently installed
tool is the new ITI Speaker Library that is complemented by an extensive image library to which
all approved ITI Speakers have access.
ITI Speaker Library
An up-to-date reference database with wellorganized and peer-reviewed source informationthat provides ITI Speakers with a valuable aid
in the preparation of informative and accuratepresentations. That was the goal of the Curriculum
Library conference held in Copenhagen 2009,
where a working group of Fellows met to discussand validate previously assigned topics thatwould form the first five modules of the new ITI
Speaker Library.
In its original form, the library was a project that
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of the information it contained and this was thechallenge faced by the ITI Speaker Library team.
With a number of Fellows assigned to each topic
or sub-topic, a system of focused questions andanswers was developed that reflect the latest
findings in literature and evidence-based clinicalexpertise. To enter the library, users click on oneof the five modules in the left-hand navigation:
diagnosis, treatment planning, surgical pro­cedures, restorative procedures or treatment­outcomes. This opens up a sub-hierarchy offurther topics, each with their own set of focusedquestions.
The ITI’s own library view with the focused questions is a good place to start, but three external reference sources – PubMed, Cochrane and
Google Scholar – are also available that auto­
matically provide information on the selected
topic. Together these four sources of information
will offer ITI Speakers an excellent basis fromwhich to start organizing information for a presentation based on peer-reviewed ITI content
as well as external content.
In November 2010, the ITI Speaker Library groupwill gather once again to work on the five re­maining subject areas left to complete the
Library: anatomy, biology and physiology ofperi-implant tissues; implant systems and basic
principles; dental laboratory procedures; etiology
and management of complications; and new­technologies and developments. With the addition of these five subject areas, the ITI Speaker
Library will offer close to one hundred individualreference modules.

ously, carrying out a federated search. The search
results are dynamically clustered by the searchengine according to identified key terms. By­applying additional filters, users can further refine their search as required so that documents
relating only to cases, comparative studies,or clinical trials, for example, are included. By­drawing on four different and valuable scientificsources and by aggregating the results into topic
groups, this powerful search function allows
users to launch their own research into various
subjects. This function was greeted with great­enthusiasm during pilot runs.
Image library
Accurate and attractive images can clarify andenhance every presentation, which is why the
ITInet also offers an extensive library of illustrations. While it is the ITI’s belief that ITI Speakers
should always use their own clinical photos to­accompany presentations, it has made available
all the graphics that appear in ITI publications.
This includes all Treatment Guide volumes to dateas well as the SAC publication and the Glossaryof Oral and Maxillofacial Implants (GOMI). In addition, the image library features a comprehensive
database of product graphics, comprising morethan 2,000 items as well as a series of modifiablegraphics that allows ITI Speakers to customize
illustrations in line with their own needs. The
image library represents a rich source of supporting material to complement the information
provided by the ITI Speaker Library.

The ITI Speaker Library also provides a second
approach to finding information: the cluster
search function. This works according to key
words and phrases for which the engine scanseach internal and external database simultane-

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ITI Sections.
Argentine Section
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Enrique Fernández
Bodereau
Education Delegate:
Jean-Paul Martinet

Section Administrator:
Pablo Turek

In March the Section kicked off its
activities for the year with a Speaker
Development Course on 3D tomography
and digital photography for a small
group of Members and Fellows who
traveled to the city of Colonia, Uruguay
and enjoyed the two-day course in a
beautiful setting overlooking the river. It
was a very rich experience as the highly
expert speaker, Mike Dos Reis Bueno,
gave an excellent course and provided
participants with techniques to achieve
professional images. A photo­graphycompetition was held among theattendees and a prize was awarded to
the winning picture.
Four Section Meetings were held in­different cities across the country­(Córdoba, Rosario, Buenos Aires andMendoza) and the topic at all four
events was Volume 3 of the ITI Treatment Guide. It was considered important to give as large a slice of the dental
community the opportunity to parti­
cipate despite the difficult economic
environment. These Section meetings
also aimed to promote ITI membershipand attract new Members. In addition,a Study Club was offered to Members
and attendees really appreciatedthe debate over clinical cases, so theSections are considering holding more
Study Clubs next year.

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The Argentine Section also had a visit
from ITI President Professor Buser,
who lectured at the National Argentine
Odontological Association Congress(AOA) and gave a highly successfuleight-hour course that was attended
by 850 people.
In the second half of the year, the Section leadership team together with theFellows worked on organizing the firstnational ITI Argentine Congress entitled“Keys to Simplifying Implantology” tobe held on September 24 and 25, 2010.
Six international Speakers will lead
the Congress and at least 600 people
are expected.
In 2009, the number of Members increased from 73 to 110, while Fellows
went from 12 to 14.

Australasian Section
The main aims of the Australasian Section for 2009 were to establish ITI Study
Clubs in each major city and also to
consolidate its growth in membership.
At the Leadership and Fellow meetings
in February, the Section made plans for
its educational events in the form ofcourses and Study Club evenings as well
as a national congress that took placein Adelaide on July 31 and also provided
an opportunity for a further Fellow
meeting.

The Section’s public face in the formof its website at www.iti.org/australasia
was also given a new look, which was
greeted with very positive feedback
by the Section’s Members and Fellows.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Stephen Chen

Education Delegate:

During 2009, the number of Membersrose from 406 to 485, while the numberof Fellows stayed constant at 25.

Lisa Heitz-Mayfield

Section Administrator:
Angela Young

During the year, the Section held a fullprogram of courses, both restorativeand surgical as well as a course devoted
to diagnosing and managing periimplant disease. The Section managed
to hold ITI Study Clubs in all its major­cities (Melbourne, Sydney, Perth,
Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Hobart,
Wollongong and Auckland, New Zealand) and also established two regional
centers in New South Wales.
In September, ITI President Professor
Daniel Buser paid the Section a visit
and took part in a Leadership meeting.
He also gave a one-day course on­esthetics in implant dentistry which
was very well attended.

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Austrian Section
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Ingrid Grunert

Education Delegate:
Alexander Gaggl

Section Administrator:
Christian Essl

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At its Section meeting in Klagenfurt
in January, the Austrian Section defined
a number of goals for the year, the­prinicipal of which was to grow the Section while carrying out the ITI’s mission
to promote and disseminate knowledge
about implant dentistry. One way ofachieiving both goals was through ITI
Study Club meetings, which were heldin 14 cities around the country andreceived very positive feedback. These
were supplemented by single-evening
educational meetings and ITI courses.
The Section also supported its Speakers
with activities such as the digital photo­graphy course. The first national congress of the Austrian Section focusing
on intra- and interdisciplinary cooperation is to be held in Salzburg on
September 16–17, 2011 and prepa­ration
began in 2009.

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The Section’s annual meeting was heldin Vienna in September and Drs Röckl,Hess and Peer as well as dental tech­
nician Christoph Müller were invited to
speak. In September, and also in Vienna,
the Section organized an educational
event to which Professor Axel Zoellner
was invited to speak on the topic of“Revolution vs. evolution in prosthetic
approaches”.
There was a change of Section officer
during the year when Ulf-Christian­Henschen passed on his duties as Section Administrator to Christian Essl.
By the end of the year, the numberof Fellows remained steady at 15 while
the number of Members increased
from 48 to 75.

Belgian Section
The Belgian Section prepared a busy
program of activities including theSection’s first Benelux Section meeting,which was held in cooperation with
the Dutch Section and attracted an
audience of more than 100 participants.
The meeting was entitled “New materials, proven methods” and included
presentations from three international Speakers: Bilal Al-Nawas, Paolo­Casentini and Frank Schwarz.

Near the end of the year, Section Chairman Jan De Boever handed over his
duties to Geert Orbie. The Section
would like to thank Jan de Boever forhis hard work in establishing theSection and taking it through its firsttwo years.
At the end of 2009, the Belgian Section
had 9 Fellows and increased the ­numberof its Members from 90 to 108.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Jan de Boever

Education Delegate:
Didier Blase

Section Administrator:
Dries De Pauw

The Section held five leadership meetings as well as a number of Section
meetings. The latter were complemented by scientific activities that
attracted sizable audiences. At one
such meeting, 80 professionals came tolisten to Professor Hammerle talk about
GBR and another well attended event
was a talk given by Professor Sculean on
periodontal treatment.
Theme nights were organized on
subjects that included topics such as
guided surgery, immediate loading,
Piezosurgery, overdentures and small
diameter implants. And to support
the use of the Treatment Guide series,
the Section also organized several
ITI Study Club evenings that were led
by ITI Fellows.

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Brazilian Section
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Waldemar Daudt Polido

Education Delegate:
Alessandro Lourenço
Januário
Section Administrator:
Hans-Andreas Aebi

The Brazilian Section’s first Section
meeting of the year took place in April
and the 20 Fellows present elected a
new leadership team to take over fromJanuary 2010. The new Section Chairman is Dr. Maurício G. Araújo and the
Education Delegate is Dr. Julio César
Joly. The Section would like to thankthe outgoing Chairman and Education Delegate: Waldemar Polido and­Alessandro Januário, respectively, fortheir hard work and success in expanding the Section’s activities.
Four regional Section meetings were
held throughout the year, each ata strategic location in the north, south,
west and east of the country and always in combination with an influential
congress. The first meeting took placein Fortaleza and was attended by 300
professionals. In September a second
meeting was held in São Paulo andthe ITI’s scientific lounge was attended
by 700 participants. Also in September,the capital Brasilia welcomed 100
participants to the mid-west meeting.
Finally in October, Vitória was the location for the last regional meeting with
250 participants.
The Brazilian Section has developed an
excellent network of ITI Study Clubs, 29of which took place in 16 cities in ninedifferent states with the participationof 650 dentists. Speaker development
also continued with a workshop for
37 ITI Speakers in Gramado – known
as the little Switzerland of Brazil. The
program covered various aspects ofpresentation for Mac and PC users aswell as offering guidance on the levelsof evidence-based science and researchtools.

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With 230,000 dentists in Brazil, theSection is determined to increase its
membership figures by providing activities that are attractive to non-Members.
Accordingly, all the regional ITI meetings in 2009 were also open to nonMembers. In addition to its leadershipteam, the Section has also established
Education and Membership working
groups, comprising the outgoing leader­
ship team as well as Fellows Mauro
Tosta, Wagner Duarte and Fabio Tunes.
The main task of these working groups
is to increase membership levels as well
as Fellow and Member participationof ITI activities throughout the country.
The main event for 2010 will be the 3rd
ITI Brazil Congress in September 2010.
At the end of 2009, the number of­Fellows in the Brazilian Section had
increased from 26 to 33, while the­Member figures went from 196 to 229.

Canadian Section
The Canadian Section continues to growand its current focus is on providing
events that respond to regional needs.
The geographical size and spread of
Canada makes it difficult for Fellows
and Members to meet on a regularbasis and the establishment of regional
ITI Study Clubs has provided venues
that can be reached without involving
extensive travel. Currently there are ITIStudy Club locations in Montreal in theeast and Toronto in the center as wellas Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver inWestern Canada.

The Section is also looking to increase
its level of contact and exchangewith other Sections and several of its
Speakers have been invited to speak at
activities organized by other Sections.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
George K. B. Sándor

Education Delegate:

At the end of 2009, the Canadian Section had 33 Fellows and 255 Members.

Timothy W. Head

Section Administrator:
Alain Laroche

Chinese Section
In its second year of operation, theChinese Section was very active in various fields of operation. The Section
undertook to translate Volumes 2 and
3 of the Treatment Guide series as wellas The SAC Classification in Implant
Dentistry and the Consensus Paper
based on the 4th ITI Consensus Conference in Stuttgart that was publishedin late 2009.
The Section is keen to awaken interest within the country and committed
considerable time to establishing theSection website which is kept up to datewith news of meetings, courses andevents. Assistance in how to prepare research grant applications for best
possible results was provided during
a visit made by Niklaus Lang and Walter
Widmer from Hong Kong and Switzerland, respectively. Various additional
meetings were held throughout the year
for educational and administrative pur-poses. Among them, the ITI Study Club
concept is working well in China andin 2009, 12 Study Club meetings were
held in Beijing and Hangzhou.
At the end of October, the Section
held its annual meeting combined witha science seminar. This also provided
the opportunity for Section Officer
elections during which Zaolin Wang waselected Section Chairman and Lei Zhou
was elected Education Delegate.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Zhiyong Zhang

Education Delegate:
Yucheng Su

Section Administrator:
Xuejun Li

In 2009 the Chinese Section increased
the number of Fellows by one to 11
and its Members by 30, from 58 to 88.

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Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Merete Aaboe

Education Delegate:
Simon Storgård Jensen

Section Administrator:
Per Jensen“Predictability in Implant Dentistry”
was the topic of the second Danish
national ITI congress held in Nyborg in
May 2009. With more than 130 participants and Danish as well as international Speakers, the congress was
judged a success. The faculty included
Danish Fellows Simon Storgård Jensen
and Andreas Stavropoulos as well as
Stephen Chen and Anthony Dickinsonfrom the Australian Section, who provided not only informative but also
entertaining presentations. In parallelto the congress, the Section also held
its first course for dental assistants andtechnicians which was run by Fellows
Peter Marker and Søren Ahlmann.

In combination with the congress, theFellows also held a meeting at which
the new Section Administrator Klaus
Thomassen was welcomed.
The Section’s annual meeting washeld in Copenhagen in August together
with a scientific seminar and the Section also held a series of educational
evening meetings in various parts ofthe country that attracted in total morethan 350 participants.
By the end of 2009, the Danish Section
had 12 Fellows and 234 Members.

Dutch Section
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Chris ten Bruggenkate

Education Delegate:
Daniel Wismeijer

Section Administrator:
Wim van Dam

The Section’s annual meeting combined
business with pleasure by offering aseries of lectures followed by a social
evening. The topic of the meeting was
the connection between endodontology
and Implantology and included a lecture
by Professor Marc Quirynen. A representative of Dutch watch maker Van derKlaauw was invited to speak and under­
lined the link between the precision
watch industry and implantology. The
Section will be organizing more similar
evenings in order to promote networking within the Netherlands.

The Dutch Section also cooperated with
the Belgian Section in order to run its
first Benelux meeting at the end of
September. With more than 100 participants, the meeting ran under the heading “New materials, proven methods”
and included presentations by threeinternational speakers: Bilal Al-Nawas,
Paolo Casentini and Frank Schwarz.
At the end of the year, Section Administrator Wim van Dam handed overhis duties to Joos van Riet. The Section
would like to thank Wim for his outstanding contribution.
By the end of 2009, the Section had
13 Fellows and had grown from 173 to
210 Members.

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Finnish Section
The Finnish Section was established in2009 with the aim of putting structuresand plans in place for the Section’s
growth from 2010 onwards. Section officers were elected and a working group
was chosen in order to start planningfor the Section’s first national congressin 2011. At the same time the Section
also developed a plan for ITI Study Clubs
throughout the country, particularly
in rural areas, and is concentrating on
setting up mentor groups to support
these Study Club activities. Cooperation
with the Scandinavian S­ ections is also
considered very important and efforts
will be made to coordinate activities.
ITI Honorary Fellow Professor Christiaan

ten Bruggenkate from the Netherlands has agreed to mentor the Finnish­Section.
The Section has got off to a good startand the number of Members rose assoon as the schedule of activities forthe coming year was made public.
The Section is also looking to identify
potential Fellows among its membership.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Tom Lindholm

Education Delegate:
Juhani Laine

Section Administrator:
Pauliina Pukko

By the end of its first year of operation,
the Finnish Section had 11 Fellows
and 35 Members.

French Section
2009 started with the highly successful
second national congress entitled “Thekeys to success in dental prosthetic
implants” held in Paris in January andattended by 350 dentists and dental
technicians. The congress focusedon dental implants in terms of theiresthetic, mechanical and functional
aspects in a series of lectures delivered
over two days by national and inter­national Speakers, including Urs Belser,
Francesca Vailati, Anselm Wiskott
and Joseph Kan, who all contributed tothe success of the congress.
Section elections took place mid-year
and a new leadership team was selectedwith Paul Rousseau as Chairman, andHervé Buatois as Education Delegate,while Guillaume Daniellot remained in
his role as Section Administrator.

The new team immediately got down toplanning an educational program for2010 to respond to the needs of French
dentists all over the country. The program is called the ITI Campus andis made up of three centers locatedin Marne-La Vallée, the west and thesouth. The ITI Campus will provide basic
and advanced courses and will allow
practitioners to participate in treatment planning, surgical and prosthetic
practical and clinical sessions as well
as observing live sessions.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Paul Rousseau

Education Delegate:
Hervé Buatois

Section Administrator:
Guillaume Daniellot

By the end of 2009, the French Section
had 10 Fellows and increased its
Members from 46 to 68.

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Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Gerhard Wahl

Education Delegate:
Hendrik Terheyden

Section Administrator:
Thomas Kreuzwieser

The Section’s annual meeting took
place, as always, in February in EltvilleRheinhartshausen, where a new Section Administrator joined the team.
From now on Thomas Kreuzwieser will
be supporting the Section in its administrative matters and thanks go to­Andreas Nitschke for all his good work.
The Section launched its Study Club
program in two cities – Bonn andPuchheim – the former organized byPro­fessor Wahl and the latter by
Dr. Nieberler. Further Study Clubs arebeing planned in other locations for2010. Speaker support was also provi­
ded in the form of two workshops

on presentation technique and photo­graphy.
In order to attract more new andyounger Members, the Section organized a YOUNG ITI meeting in July witha focus on current and future-oriented
procedures. The Section also set up
a process by which the Section office
is able to deal with requests for jobshadowing experience.
By the end of 2009, the German Section
had 81 Fellows and 288 Members.

Greek Section
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
	Nikitas Sykaras

Education Delegate:
Sophocles Voyiazis

Section Administrator:

The aim of the Section in 2009 was toincrease its membership and also develop its educational program. During
the year, the Section held three leadership meetings, one Section meeting,three Study Clubs as well as a prosthetic
seminar course in Athens. This was thefirst such course focusing on prosthetic
implant restorations and it successfully
combined theory with hands-on work.

Alex Kosmas

The Section meeting in September hada scientific program on bone implant indications and prosthetic considerations
in partially/totally edentulous patientsthat was delivered by guest speaker
Professor Bjarni Pjetursson. There wasalso an opportunity for suitably qualified Members who are interested in
becoming approved Speakers to holda short presentation.

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In November, the Section launched its
implantology course for 15 to 18 participants that runs over 8 weekends. The
course is structured in a progressionof simple, advanced and complex levelelements and leads to a Certificate
of Implantology. The course involves
lectures, hands-on work, observationof live surgeries, literature assessment
and presentations before culminatingin final exams. With this course, theSection has managed to put together
a comprehensive implant curriculumthat covers treatment planning, therapeutic principles and clinical applications of modern Implantology.
By the end of 2009, the Greek Section
had 5 Fellows and 90 Members.

Iberian Section
With almost 2,000 participants, theseventh Iberian ITI congress that took
place in Madrid in July had its highest
attendance ever. For the first time, in
addition to the ITI’s commercial partner
Straumann, the exhibition was opened
to external companies. A date was set
immediately afterwards for the next
congress that will take place in Santiago
de Compostela in 2012.
The Section held two Speaker support
activities in July and November. The
first was held in conjunction with thecongress and the second took place inNovember in Madeira. Fellow meetings
took place at the same time in order
to continue planning the calendar for
the upcoming season. Elections were
held for a new Section Chairman
and Juan Blanco will take over from
Pedro Bullón in June 2010.

The Section also launched a new­activity called Scientific Evenings, whichtarget potential Members and offer existing Members an opportunity to enjoy
interesting lectures at the same time
as fulfilling the ITI’s mission to disseminate knowledge in implant dentistry.
Four such events were held in 2009.
By the end of the year, the Iberian Section had 35 Fellows and 304 Members.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Pedro Bullón

Education Delegate (E):
Javier Fábrega

Education Delegate (P):Luis Redinha

Section Administrator:
Belén Fraile

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Italian Section
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Matteo Chiapasco

Education Delegate:
Luca Cordaro

Section Administrator:

The Section had a very active year andcarried out a full program of educational activities. The year got off to agood start with the third national congress that was held in Milan in February
2009 and attracted more than 1,000
participants. A series of 12 SAC courses,
five at the straightforward level andseven at advanced and complex level
were held throughout the year.

Italo Vigano

The Section also established threefurther Study Clubs, raising the number
from 18 to 21 with a total of 441 participants. A new type of course dealing
with new technologies and introducing
Bone Level implants as well as regenerative techniques was also introduced.

Six of these courses were run and­attended by almost 700 participantsin total.
At the beginning of the year, Italo­Vigano took over as Section Adminis­
trator from Simo Beraha and at the endof the year passed on this responsibility
to Albina Perversi.
By the end of the year, the Italian Section had 32 Fellows and had increased
its number of Members from 273
to 414.

Japanese Section
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Eiji Funakoshi

Education Delegate:
Hideaki Katsuyama

Section Administrator:
Takahisa Taoka

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The acquisition of new Members wasan important goal for the Japanese Section in 2009 and it set itself a goal of
500 Members for the end of the year. In
order to support this growth, it was very
active in its undertakings throughout
the year.
One of the main events was the national congress held in February, whose
86 Speakers from 12 universities attracted 1,800 participants. The Section
relocated its headquarters to the heartof Tokyo and held two Fellow meetings
as well as a meeting in May at whichmore than 100 registrations were made.

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In November, the Scientific Program
Committee for the ITI Congress Japan
2011 was formed and held its firstmeeting in preparation for the next
congress.
A total of 34 Study Club meetings were
held throughout the year in various
locations around the country witha total of 1,027 participants. In addition
to the above activities, the Section alsotranslated Volume 3 of the ITI Treatment Guide series which was publishedin June.
By the end of 2009, the Japanese Section had 26 Fellows and once again
almost doubled its Members from 300
to 538.

Korean Section
In 2009, with the goal of developing
its offering country-wide, during
its leadership meetings the Korean Section approved 15 Study Clubs aroundthe country and also defined how theyshould be run.
In order to have a promotional toolin hand, the Section created a Korean
version of the ITI image brochure topass out to potential Members. At theSection’s annual meeting, which wasattended by 60 Members and 30 nonMembers, Section Chairman Prof.
D. H. Han gave an overview of activities
already implemented and presented
the plans for the Section’s future.
­Corresponding Editor Prof. B. S. Lee

introduced the ITI’s mission and­philosophy as well as the membershipbenefits, while Prof. R. Leesungbok
and Prof. Y.D. Kwon provided updated
lectures on surgical and prosthodontic
aspects of implant dentistry within
the ITI philosophy.
By the end of 2009, the Korean Section
had grown from 9 to 12 Fellows andincreased its Members from 47 to 70.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Dong-Hoo Han

Education Delegate:
Richard Leesungbok

Section Administrator:
Zi-In Lee

Mexican Section
Having been created in 2008, 2009 was
the first full year in which the Mexican
Section was able to establish and carryout activities. With the goal of increasing the number of Fellows and Members
within the Section, four Leadership
meetings were held to plan meetings
and activities. As a result, four Study
Clubs were held, a Speaker development course as well as one Section
meeting, which drew the participationof around 500 professionals.

The activities organized by the Section
have achieved a degree of recognitionby the Mexican dental community,
which the Section intends to build on.
The Section meeting played an important role in this respect as it establishedthe ITI as an academic organization andpresence within Mexico.
By the end of 2009, the Section had
grown from 5 to 10 Fellows and from 48
to 81 Members.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Juan Carlos Garcia Lara

Education Delegate:
Alejandro Treviño
SantosSection Administrator:
Andreas Müller

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Middle East Section
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
George Gebran

Education Delegate:	Ninette Banday

Section Administrator:
David Dias

The Middle East Section was createdin the second half of the year as aregion that unites Fellows and Members
from 12 states in the Middle East as
well as Pakistan. Approved in August at
the AGM in Copenhagen, the Section
officially celebrated its launch in early
December in Beirut in the Lebanon.
The Section held its first Leadership
meeting which was followed by a Section meeting in November in Abu
Dhabi with a scientific presentation in
the morning made by six of the participants. In the afternoon, discussion
focused on plans for the future of
the Section.
For 2010 the Section intends to develop
an educational program based on the
SAC concept. It is also planning to set
up Study Clubs throughout the region
with an associated mentoring program.
Cooperation with local universities
to develop postgraduate implantology
curricula as well as research programsis also a goal. Speaker development
has been scheduled and a Middle East
ITI congress is projected for 2011.

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The Section would like to thank theSection & Member Committee as wellas the ITI Center for all the support they
offered in expediting the establishmentof the Section.
By the end of 2009, the Section had
11 Fellows and 55 Members.

South African Section
In 2009, the Section held 21 ITI events
in South Africa and Namibia. The
goal for 2009 was to establish Study
Clubs across the country. The concept
was launched at a Section meetingin Franschhoek and was followed by­further Study Clubs in Port Elizabeth,
Durban, Windhoek, Pretoria andJohannesburg. The Section plans to
run at least three meetings at eachlocation in 2010.
The February Section meeting also
included an outstanding course
on oral photography presented by Dr.
Alessandro Devigus and in October
the Section was visited by master dental technician Larry Brown at various
locations throughout the country.

A Speaker Development course was also
provided in November presented by
Lisa Hadfield-Law from the UK, who is
to be invited to do a follow-up course
in 2010.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Gerrit Wyma

Education Delegate:

Among the highlights for 2010 is a midyear visit from ITI President Professor
Daniel Buser and Professor Urs Belser.

Paul van Zyl

Section Administrator:

By the end of 2009, the Section had
11 Fellows and had grown from 61
to 88 Members.

Peter Anderson

Swedish Section
The Section followed two separate lines
of approach in 2009. On the one hand
it made use of its Study Clubs to offer
existing Members an interesting program and to attract new Members. It
also continued to run a complementary
program of annual ITI seminars throughout the country, which offer an opportunity to explain the ITI’s principles andphilosophy. The seminars also take placein Norway, where the ITI has 6 Fellows
and 60 Members. Both sets of eventswere well attended and much appreciated. The Study Clubs are very successful as the topics selected for discussion
reflect the clinical challenges facedby clinicians daily and which they rarely
have the opportunity to discuss with
their peers. The by now well established

ITI Seminars each attracted more than
100 participants and for the first time
were presented exclusively by local andnational Speakers.
By the end of 2009, the Section had
18 Fellows and had grown from 65
to 79 Members.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Kerstin Fischer

Education Delegate:
Lars Ake Johansson

Section Administrator:
Ulf Wahlstroem

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Swiss Section
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Christoph Hammerle

Education Delegate:
Bruno Schmid

Section Administrator:
Heinz Frei

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Among the goals the Section set itself
for 2009 were to raise Section membership above the 1,000 mark, organize
around 80 Study clubs, organize a fullprogram of education courses at all SAC
levels in three languages and make the
ITI name even better known in Switzerland.
The Section held 79 Study Clubs in 32
locations around the country and alsoorganized 45 national as well as fiveinternational ITI courses. A two-day
Speaker development seminar was held
in Bern in November in which 52 ITI
Speakers and Study Club coordinators
participated. When speaking at thisevent, the newly elected ITI President
Daniel Buser stated: “The Swiss ITISection is one of the leading Sections,particularly in terms of Member ac­
quisition, and is the role model for ITI
Study Clubs”.

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The Section leadership remains unchanged and thanks go to Chairman
Christoph Hammerle and Education
Delegate Bruno Schmid for all the timeand effort they invested in the organization and smooth running of Section
activities.
By the end of 2009, the Section had
grown from 70 to 73 Fellows and from
822 to 958 Members.

Taiwanese Section
The Taiwanese Section continued with
its work increasing its numbers andmaking the ITI better known within the
country. The Section meeting in May
included lectures by Professor Matteo
Chiapasco who brought with him sur­gical concepts that were new to his
audience, which included more than
200 dentists.

augmentation procedures and stablesoft tissue management for dental
implants. In addition, more than ten
graduate students and senior residents
participated in the clinical and researchcompetition sessions, which have become a traditional part as well as ahighlight of the Taiwanese ITI national
congress.

One of the highlights of the year was
the successful 3rd national congressthat took place in August with 150
participants, despite the devastation
brought by typhoon Morakot, which
had swept through Taiwan on theprevious day. The Section was honored
to welcome Andres Stricker as its main
Speaker at the congress, who spoke
on functional and esthetic aspects for
implant placements, advanced bone

The Section is proud to acknowledge its
ITI Scholars, one of whom came backfrom Bern in 2009 while another set off
to Harvard.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Chuen-Chyi Tseng

Education Delegate:
Alex Tsai

Section Administrator:
Susan LeeBy the end of 2009, the Section had
5 Fellows and 29 Members.

Turkish Section
The Section continued in its work
spreading the ITI philosophy around thecountry and acquiring new Members.
The Study Club concept, which waslaunched two years previously, hasgrown slowly and steadily and in 200911 meetings were held in four different
locations around the country, one
more than in the previous year. In the
Section’s two Leadership meetings,
decisions were taken about the runningof the Study Clubs and their organization.

One Fellow and one Section meetingwere held, the latter offered an in­teresting scientific program as well as
information on upcoming activities andwas preceded by a Speaker support
course on dental imaging editing techniques. A total of eight single evening
education courses were held in various
cities as were a series of ITI education
courses. The Section is confident thatthe communications work achieved
through the various courses and meetings offered around the country will
result in more Members over time.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Haldun Iplikcioglu

Education Delegate:
Bahadir Giray

Section Administrator:
Cuneyt Bastimur

By the end of 2009, the Turkish Section
had 14 Fellows and 170 Members.

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UK & Irish Section
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Philip Freiberger

Education Delegate:
Charlotte Stilwell

Section Administrator:
Lizette Riley

Two Section meetings were held in2009. In May, a scientific program in
the morning was followed by the Section’s business meeting. At the secondin November, Professor Andrea Mombelli presented a lecture “Success &Failure in Implant Dentistry” to over
90 ITI Fellows & Members. The Section
was honored to welcome the Chairmanof the French ITI Section and the Section Administrator of the Italian Section. The attendees were enthralled byProfessor Mombelli’s work which combines his extensive research and clinicalexperience. His presentation included“Decision Making”, “Case Presentations” and “Systemic Health”. It washeartening to see that seven former ITI
Scholars attended and are still activein the Section.
Also in November, the Section held its
first ever ITI Fellow’s meeting where theSection plan for 2010 was presented
along with an update for Fellows who
hadn’t been able to attend the Copenhagen meeting.
During 2009, 30 Fellows and Members
became actively involved in developing the Section education program. In
addition to the original Education and
Mentoring Working Groups, two newgroups addressed “quality of education” and “training needs of the wider
dental team”. In a project involving
all the groups, the Section developed
a Foundation Modular Program withconcomitant practice-based mentoring
to launch newcomers safely on their
way to meet the UK’s official Training
Standards in Implant Dentistry. A fifthgroup started preparations for the next
UK & Ireland Congress in 2011.

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The Section had 18 ITI Study Clubs
regularly running throughout the UK
and Ireland, each with more than
20 attendees. 2010 will see the Section
working hard with Study Club leaders
to increase ITI membership.
A change in leadership for the Sectionin May resulted in the election of PhilipFreiberger as Chairman and Charlotte
Stilwell as Education Delegate. Lizette
Riley is the Section Administrator
and Joe Bhat the Corresponding Editor.
By the end of 2009, the Section had
grown from 26 to 32 Fellows and from
477 to 488 Members.

US Section
The primary goals of the US Section for2009 were the creation, organizationand execution of a successful US ITICongress, continued growth of Section
membership and utilization of Study
Clubs as a primary source for networking.
The 3rd US ITI Congress was held at
the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa, in
Scottsdale, Arizona on April 24 and 25,
2009. The theme of the meeting was“True North in Implant Dentistry: Taking Innovation to Clinical Reality”. The
meeting had over 660 attendees fromall across the United States and offeredover 30 different lecture opportunities.
An annual membership meeting washeld prior to the opening of the congress for over 70 attendees. As the ITI’s
industry partner, Straumann USA, LLC
organized the first ever Business Forumin combination with a congress on April
23, 2009 to allow attendees to learn thelatest practice management techniques
for their practices. The Business Forum
attracted over 150 attendees and wasviewed by all as highly successful.

The US journal Implant Realities continues to function as an added value to
US Section membership. This journal
is published twice a year and offers themembership publishing opportunities.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Hans-Peter Weber

Education Delegate:

There were no changes to Section
leadership in 2009, but a succession
plan has been created and elections
will be held during the Fellows’ Annual
Business Meeting in October 2010. The
Section also continues to seek quality
nominations for Fellows to increase thenumber of ITI leaders within the UnitedStates.

James Ruskin

Section Administrator:
Michelle Stone

By the end of 2009, the US Section had
86 Fellows and increased its Members
from 464 to 579.

Other events for 2009 included four
study clubs with over 100 attendees.
Among the topics were current concepts in implant dentistry, loading protocols and treatment planning. Thanks
to their success, the number of study
clubs is to be increased in 2010. In addition, the US Section is beginning to
explore incorporating online learning
into its offering for 2011.

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Financial report.
ITI Association
The steady growth in membership experienced in recent years continued with a 7 % increase in
the number of Fellows bringing the total to 676, while the number of Members increased by 23 %to a total of 6,616. For the first time, revenues from membership fees topped the one million
mark. The marginally lower operating costs in comparison to the previous year led to an overall
operating profit of 97,000 Swiss francs. These costs include partial reimbursements madeby the ITI Association to the ITI Foundation in return for its contribution to many membership
activities and benefits. This positive result reflects the measures implemented throughout
the year to address the drop in the Association’s capital of the previous year.
ITI Association Financial Statement 2009 1
2009

in CHF
2008

273,759
869,491520
1,143,770

176,628
780,485
4,050
961,163

Total Operating Costs

1,046,503

1,088,783

Operating Profit/Loss

97,267–127,620

Revenues
Annual Fellowship Fee, Net
Annual Membership Fee, Net
Other Income
Total Revenues
Costs Extract from the financial statements. Complete financial statements for 2009 are available
at the domicile of the ITI Association.

1

ITI Foundation
In line with the ITI’s mission and aims for 2009, the ITI Foundation invested close to 11 million
Swiss francs in support of projects and activities in the area of research and education in implantdentistry and related fields. For the first time, the financial statement includes revenues fromeducation events. This reflects the introduction of the ITI University Program in the form of
ITI Education Weeks that took place in 2009. The total Operating Revenues showed only a small
rise to almost 13 million Swiss francs.
Structural adjustments resulting from the decisions taken at the 2007 AGM led to the introductionof a new cost center for University Programs, which now also includes the Scholarship program
costs that were previously allocated to Education outgoings.
The work of the new Section & Membership committee in supporting Sections towards fulfilling
their goals has been successful as is reflected in the higher expenditure – an increase of more than
0.5 million Swiss francs – recorded by the Sections on national educational activities for 2009.
Costs for General Administration, which encompasses among others all the costs for the IT
infrastructure and maintenance, ITI Center staffing and office infrastructure, travel and accommodation for the various meetings, rose in 2009 by almost 0.5 million Swiss francs.

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While education has in recent years become the largest area of expenditure, the financing ofresearch projects with more than 2 million Swiss francs emphasizes the importance that the ITI
assigns to independent research.
ITI Foundation Financial Statement 2009 1
2009

in CHF
2008

11,425,000
204,442
1,307,309
12,936,751

10,892,000–
1,261,286
12,153,286

2,190,482

2,223,153

1,791,386
9,997
2,022,257
3,823,640

1,250,883
29,664
1,934,785
3,215,332

Operating Revenues
Contributions
Revenues from educational events
Other Revenues
Total Operating Revenues
Operating Costs
Research
Education
Sections
Rest of the World
Education Projects
Total Education
University Programs

261,4870976,188
1,237,675

944,841
944,841

ITI Center
Committees
Board of Directors
Administrative Projects
Total General Administration

2,422,585
563,138
172,544665,640
3,823,907

2,327,299
400,151
161,024
470,929
3,359,403

Total Operating Revenues
Total Operating Costs
Operating Profit

12,936,751
11,075,704
1,861,047

12,153,286
9,742,729
2,410,557

Scholarships
Total University Programs
General Administration Extract from the financial statements. Complete financial statements 2009 are available
at the domicile of the ITI Foundation.

1

Overview of ITI Foundation Expenses in 2009
in CHFg Researchg Educationg University Programs
g ITI Centerg Committees
g Board of Directors
g Administrative Projects

2,190,482
3,823,640
1,237,675
2,422,585
563,138
172,544665,640

Total

11,075,704

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

Basel, March 1, 2010

Report of the statutory auditor
on the limited statutory examination
As statutory auditor, we have examined the financial statements (balance sheet, income statement and notes) of ITI Foundation for the Promotion of Oral Implantology for the year ended
December 31, 2009.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the board of trustees. Our responsibility
is to perform a limited statutory examination on these financial statements. We confirm that
we meet the licensing and independence requirements as stipulated by Swiss law.
We conducted our examination in accordance with the Swiss Standard on the limited statutory
examination. This standard requires that we plan and perform a limited statutory examination
to identify material misstatements in the financial statements. A limited statutory examinationconsists primarily of inquiries of company personnel and analytical procedures as well as
detailed tests of company documents as considered necessary in the circumstances. However,
the testing of operational processes and the internal control system, as well as inquiries andfurther testing procedures to detect fraud or other legal violations, are not within the scope of
this examination.
Based on our limited statutory examination, nothing has come to our attention that causes
us to believe that the financial statements do not comply with Swiss law (Art. 662 CO) as well aswith the deed of foundation.

Ernst & Young Ltd

Christoph Dolensky			
Licensed audit expert			
					

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

Basel, March 1, 2010

Report of the statutory auditor
on the limited statutory examination
As statutory auditor, we have examined the financial statements (balance sheet, income statement and notes) of ITI Association for the year ended December 31, 2009.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Committee. Our responsibility is
to perform a limited statutory examination on these financial statements. We confirm that wemeet the licensing and independence requirements as stipulated by Swiss law.
We conducted our examination in accordance with the Swiss Standard on the limited statutory
examination. This standard requires that we plan and perform a limited statutory examination
to identify material misstatements in the financial statements. A limited statutory examinationconsists primarily of inquiries of the Association’s personnel and analytical procedures as well
as detailed tests of the Association’s documents as considered necessary in the circumstances.
However, the testing of operational processes and the internal control system, as well as
inquiries and further testing procedures to detect fraud or other legal violations, are not within
the scope of this examination.
Based on our limited statutory examination, nothing has come to our attention that causes
us to believe that the financial statements do not comply with Swiss law (Art. 957 CO) andthe articles of association.

Ernst & Young Ltd

		Christoph Dolensky			
Licensed audit expert								Markus Kocher
Licensed audit expert(Auditor in charge)

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Interconnected,
interactive and in tune
with the times.

ITI Annual Report 2009