“ITI –in supportof excellence.”
ITI Annual Report 2007

“…to promote and disseminate­knowledge on all aspects of implantdentistry and related ­tissue
regeneration through research,development and education to
the benefit of the patient.”

Worldwide
Since its inception in 1980, the ITI
has grown from a regional to a truly
global organization.

Fellows & Members
In 2007, the ITI welcomed 68 new
Fellows and grew by 1,871 Members.

Worldwide

Fellows & Members(end 2007)(end 2007)

Countries represented:

83

Fellows:

534

Continents represented:

5Members:

4,631

Number of national Sections:22

Total:

5,165

Contents
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Furthering the interestsof implant dentistry

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President’s Report8

ITI Research Committee

10

ITI Education Core Groupand Education Committee

13

New Fellows

14

ITI Scholarship Committee

16

ITI Development Committee

18

In support of excellence

20

Education at theregional level in action

22

ITI Study Clubs in Switzerland

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ITI Case View 2.0

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Sections
Argentine Section
Australasian Section
Austrian Section
Belgian Section
Brazilian Section
Canadian Section
Danish Section
Dutch Section
French Section
German Section
Greek Section
Iberian Section
Italian Section
Japanese Section
Korean Section
South African Section
Swedish Section
Swiss Section
Taiwan 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’s commitment to education,
development and research to the benefitof the patient is reflected by an everbroader range of activities and an evergreater investment each year.
Expenditure(ITI Foundation and ITI Association)

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(in CHF 1,000)

2005:

9,494

2006:

11,923

2007:

14,920In Support of Excellence

Furthering the interestsof implant dentistry.

The ITI was founded in 1980 as a nonprofit organization by a group of
12 experts who believed that progressin the field of implant dentistry would
be best served by collaboration between
a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians
and researchers.

Since its earliest days, the ITI – International Team for
Implantology – has forged a path in the field of implantdentistry and has always taken excellence as its ongoing
benchmark.

From a small local club, the ITI has
grown into a dynamic, global network.
The organization strongly supports thepremise of well-documented treatment
guidelines backed by extensive clinicaltesting and the compilation of long-term
results.

Anchored in a foundation based on sci­
entific evidence, the ITI’s mission is to“promote and disseminate knowledge
on all aspects of implant dentistry andrelated tissue regeneration throughresearch, development and education to
the benefit of the patient.”
The ITI’s deliberately interdisciplinary
approach has its roots in the past whena small group of visionary clinicians andresearchers met regularly to discuss andimplement ideas on how to develop andimprove on existing implant dentistry
products and treatment approaches. In
1980, these 12 men formed the ITI andin the intervening 27 years, the group’s
focus has moved away from the implant
itself to treatment planning and meth­odology. At the same time, the ITI has
expanded from a small group centeredaround southern Germany and Switzer­
land to one made up of Fellows and4

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Members in 83 countries, 22 of whichhave organized themselves into country
Sections.
These country Sections are often so welldeveloped that they have a full educa­
tional agenda and hold regional meet­ings, study groups, biennial congresses,
as well as educational workshops andcourses. The broad range of thesenational and regional as well as inter­national events such as the ITI World
Symposium held in New York in 2007
allows for extensive networking on
the part of Members and Fellows andare responsible for bringing together
individuals with shared interests to theirmutual benefit.
The ITI is organized around the areas ofresearch, development and education
with committees and sub-committees
that deal with emerging and ongoingquestions. These committees meet sev­
eral times a year, as does the ITI Boardof Directors that is responsible for theorganization’s long-term strategic direc­
tion. Each committee member offers histime, energy and skills unstintingly to
spread the ITI’s philosophy and further
its goals.
Education plays a central role for theorganization and it offers workshops
and courses to its membership as wellas training Speakers to represent the
ITI’s views further afield. The introduc­tion of regional study groups has also
proven to be an excellent way of sharing
knowledge through case study presenta­
tions. For younger clinicians, the ITI
annually offers an international oppor­
tunity for around 20 professionals under
35 to work under and learn from an ITI
mentor in one of the ITI’s 17 Scholar­
ship Centers around the world.
Today more than ever, with the wealthof products, treatment tools and approaches available, the ITI looks to well
documented treatment guidelines
backed by extensive clinical testing andlong-term results. The ITI’s Consensus
Conferences are instrumental in distill­ing information to decide whether

enough evidence exists to formulate
guidelines to treatment. These guide­lines are then summarized in the formof a Consensus paper that is publishedin a peer-reviewed journal. Other publi­
cations include the Treatment Guide
series that published its second volume
at the end of 2007 and is being trans­
lated by selected Sections into various
languages, including Japanese, Korean,
Italian and German, to reach a broader
audience.

ITI Fellows
Fellows represent the ITI’s inner core ofmembership and entry is by nomination
only. An ongoing and high degree ofcommitment in at least two of the fieldsof leadership, research, development or
education is necessary to achieve andmaintain Fellowship status. Fellows may
also serve on the ITI’s committees orBoard of Directors or take on functionsin an ITI Section.
ITI Members

In 2007, the ITI grew considerably, from
474 to 534 Fellows and 2,760 to an
impressive 4,631 Members.

The ITI welcomes dentists, dental tech­
nicians and hygienists, physicians andscientists with an interest in implantdentistry as Members of the organiza­tion. Members benefit from the oppor­
tunity to meet like-minded professionals
through national and international
events and have direct access to infor­
mation on the latest developments inthe field.
More information about the ITI:
http://www.iti.org

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Meeting the challenges of the
future and ensuring the ITI’s
leading position in the field.

2007 was yet another challenging andbusy, but nevertheless successful andsatisfying year for the ITI. The crowning
event of the year was undoubtedly the
ITI World Symposium that took place in
New York City. It was gratifying to see
how many Fellows and Members madethe often very long journey to meet col­leagues and friends and take part in dis­cussions on the latest developments
and trends in implant dentistry. We wel­comed more than 3,000 participantsfrom 69 countries – a new record in thelong history of ITI World Symposia, an
event that surely sets the standard forthe whole field of implant dentistry. It isjustly appreciated not only for its excel­
lent academic content but also for itssocial events. The next ITI World Sympo­
sium is taking place in 2010 in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Annual General Meeting
The 2007 annual general meeting (AGM)
also took place in New York and was theoccasion for a handover of responsibili­ties within the ITI’s committees and theBoard of Directors. The ITI Articles statethat Board and Committee members
are elected for a period of four years
with a possible extension for a further
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have enacted this clause of the Articles,
we made a deliberate point of retaining
a number of the existing members inorder to ensure continuity for the com­ing period. At the same time, thischange­over provides an opportunity foryounger ITI Fellows to make their con­tribution to the organization.
On the Board of Directors, Kanichi Seto
did not stand for re-election, while
Pedro Bullòn was re-elected for anotherterm. Kanichi Seto’s place on the Board
was filled by another representative ofAsia, Hideaki Katsuyama. Changes in
the Committees also resulted in a num­
ber of changes on the Board of Direc­
tors. Chairman of the Development
Committee Chris ten Bruggenkate –who is a long-standing and very active
contributor to the ITI – was replaced by
Gerhard Wahl. Having offered his ser­vices to the Research Committee formany years as Chairman, David Cochrandecided to step down, but remains as amember of the committee and was
replaced by Thomas Taylor. I would liketo thank all departing Board members
for their time and dedication to thework of the ITI over the last four years.
During the meeting, the General Assem­
bly also approved Daniel Buser as Presi­

dent-elect. His former role as Chairmanof the Education Committee has beentaken over by Stephen Chen.
Internal changes
Not only the Committees are in need ofan occasional change, the ITI as a fast
growing organization also benefits fromperiodic reflection on our goals so we
can take a proactive stance to meet thechallenges of the future. In June 2007,
the Board of Directors together with anadditional representative from eachCommittee met for a series of strategic
meetings. The aim was to analyze where
we stand at the moment, discuss poten­
tial options and then develop a strategic
direction for the coming decade toensure the ITI’s leading position in thefield. The result of these meetings wasa detailed concept that led to changes
to the ITI Articles which are being­presented for approval to the General
Assembly at the 2008 AGM. Anotheraspect of making the ITI fit for the
future is our unique relationship with
our industrial partner Straumann. We
have renegotiated the agreement
between both partners to our mutual
benefit. The new agreement strength­
ens the independence of the ITI andalso defines more clearly the respectiveroles of both partners. This agreement
represents the next step in this highly
successful, long-term partnership
between an academic institution and acommercial enterprise.
Fellowship review
2007 also saw the successful executionof the first Fellowship Review. As statedin the ITI Articles, Fellowship is a privi­
lege that is granted for a period of four
years. Ongoing excellence in at least twoof the areas of leadership, education,
research or development must be docu­
mented every four years. The majority
of Fellows were conscientious aboutproviding the necessary information inorder to retain their Fellow status. This
process will be repeated automaticallyfor every Fellow every four years fromnow on.

ITI Board of Directors
President:
Weingart Dieter, Germany
President-elect:Buser Daniel, Switzerland

New Sections
Once again, we were able to establish
a number of new Sections and I am
proud to welcome Belgium, South Africa,
and Taiwan to the growing ITI familyof Sections.

Bullón Pedro, Spain
Chen Stephen, Australia
Dickinson Anthony, Australia
Katsuyama Hideaki, Japan
Taylor Thomas, USA
Wahl Gerhard, Germany

Among the many positive changes anddevelopments in 2007 we also experi­
enced the very sad loss of a close col­league and founding member of the ITI.
Gisbert Krekeler, an Honorary Fellowof the ITI, was taken from us very sud­denly at the age of 66 in November
2007. The ITI and the world of implantdentistry have lost a gifted scientist,
superb teacher and charismatic speaker.
It is with gratitude that we will cherish
the memory of this exceptional man.
Outlook2007 was a year of reflection in order todefine the measures necessary toensure the ITI’s continuing growth anddelopment in an ever-changing environ­ment. These measures represent a solid
foundation for our future and it is thetask of all ITI Fellows and Members toturn them into reality. I am confident
that this way is the right way and that
the ITI can look forward to an exciting
future.

Achermann Gilbert, Switzerland
Straumann Thomas, Switzerland

Professor Dr. Dr. Dieter Weingart,­former Chairman of the German Section,
has been an ITI Fellow since 1989. He
was nominated ITI President-elect in2003. In 2005, he was elected Presidentof the ITI. His term of office continues
until 2009.

Dieter Weingart
ITI President

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ITI Research Committee

The ITI – one of the most consist­ent and largest non-governmental
funding institutions in implantdentistry worldwide.
Thomas D. Taylor, Chairman of the ITI Research Committee

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ITI Annual Report 2007
In Support of ExcellenceCommittee changes
In 2007, the Research Committee
underwent a number of changes in its
composition. Ernst Hunziker, Jan Lindhe,Friedrich Neukam and Wilfried Wagner
did not to stand for re-election to theCommittee. Their contribution in theform of their various talents and exper­
tise combined with a strong commit­
ment and much hard work is highly val­ued and appreciated. At the same time,
due to other commitments, David
Cochran decided to step down as Chair­man, but agreed to stay on as a mem­ber. The Committee is glad it can con­tinue to benefit from his many years ofexperience and insight.
Proven system of evaluation
The new team seamlessly took over thetask of evaluating research projects
for funding. When evaluating projects,
the Committee follows a strict proce­dure of eval­uation according to fourmain criteria: 1. relevance of hypothesis,
2. experience and research environment,
3. methodology, 4. budget.
By the time the Committee meets, firstevaluations have been carried out andthe aim of the meeting is to discuss the
projects and their evaluations individu­
ally. These tend to be classified in threegroups according to suitability. One
group contains the projects that are notconsidered acceptable for funding. There
are many reasons for this decision,
among them are research objectives that
do not coincide with those of the ITI. In
the same way, the group of projects thatwere awarded the highest set of rank­ings do not normally require much dis­cussion. Nevertheless, if they demand
too large a budget or focus on an areathat is marginal to the main interests of
implant dentistry, they may be rejectedor sent back for revision. The middle
group, however, contains projects that,

depending on the funding available, areworthy of consideration for an award.
These projects are discussed in detail inorder to select the best. This systemof evaluation has proved itself over theyears and the Committee’s results arenormally very consistent.

ITI Research Committee Members
Chairman:
Taylor Thomas D., USA
Belser Urs, Switzerland
Bosshardt Dieter, Switzerland
Cochran David, USA
Hammerle Christoph, Switzerland

2007 funding activities
In 2007, a total of 23 out of 54 received
applications were selected for funding
to a total of CHF 2.5 million. The Com­mittee is limited in its selection not
only by the appropriateness of projects
for funding, but also by the budget at its
disposal. In 2007, the Research Commit­
tee had CHF 2.5 million to disburse –CHF 0.5 million less than in the previous
year. Funding was spread geogra­phicallywith awards received in Australia, Brazil,
Canada, China, Germany, the Nether­lands, Romania, Switzerland and theUSA. A large proportion of the projects
accepted fall into the category boneaugmentation, metabolism and implants with implant/tissue interface andpredictability of implant restorations insecond and third place.
ITI Research InstituteA decision was taken by the Board of
Directors to reallocate the majority of
research funds for individual projects
that closely correspond to the goals
cited in the ITI mission statement andas a result the five-year funding agree­
ment with the ITI Research Institute inBern was not renewed.
The Research Committee is proud toconfirm that the ITI is one of the mostconsistent and largest non-govern­
mental funding institutions in implantdentistry worldwide and has provided
research funding of more than CHF 30
million to date.

Reichert Torsten, Germany
Sándor George, Canada
Seto Kanichi, Japan
Terheyden Hendrik, Germany
Matter Sandro, Switzerland

2007 Research applications and grants
Applications received

54

Applications accepted

23

Total grants*

2.456* in CHF million

2007 distribution of grants
per classificationg Systemic influence andosseointegration
g Predictability of implant
restorationsg Bone augmentation,
metabolism and implants
g Implant therapy treatment
planningg Risk factors fordental implants
g Implant tissue interfaceg Prosthetics including
occlusion, esthetics
g Implant orthodontics

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6%
12%
52%
7%
0%
17%
5%
1%

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ITI Education Core Group and Education Committee

Building on existing momentum
and developing a more roundedoffering to cover a maximum ofeducational situations and tools.
Stephen T. Chen, Chairman of the Education Committee

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In Support of ExcellenceThe role of education in the field of implant dentistry
remained central for the ITI in 2007 as the organization­discussed strategic measures to build on existing momentum
and develop a more rounded offering to cover a maximum

Education Core Group and Committee
The Education Core Group is responsible
for strategic and conceptual projects,
while the Education Committee imple­
ments the guidelines set by the CoreGroup at a national level.

of educational situations and tools.

Core Group changes
As the new Chairman of the Education
Core Group and Education Committee itis my very pleasant duty to thank mypredecessor Daniel Buser, who led thegroup for many years and has now been
appointed President-elect. The CoreGroup also lost Daniele Botticelli, whom
we would like to thank for his active
participation and contribution towards
furthering continuing education. The
Core Group was joined by two newmembers: Luca Cordaro from Italy and
Johannes Kleinheinz from Germany.
With this new constellation of members,
the Group is well prepared to tackle theambitious program that lies ahead of us.
ITI World Symposium 2007
As the showcase that encapsulates the
ITI’s efforts in support of excellencein continuing education, the World Sym­
posium in New York raised many ques­
tions and stimulated much discussion
with its topic: Reality and Myth in Clini­
cal Implant Dentistry. In this field, it isscientific evidence that defines the dif­ference between the two. As clinicians
however, we are faced with the questionof how to evaluate new developmentsthat are not yet extensively documented.
These matters led to much lively discus­
sion and constructive argument during
the Symposium, untainted by any hintof commercialism or attempt to sell aparticular method or technique. As such,
the ITI World Symposium 2007 was a
success, bringing together not only many
experts in their field, but also an active
and inquisitive audience, eager to learn
more. It was also the ideal venue for thelaunch of the long awaited Glossary of
Oral and Maxillofacial Implants (GOMI).
The ITI’s success in New York will not beeasy to match, but we are already work­ing on our next World Symposium thatwill take place in Geneva, Switzerland
in April, 2010.

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

SAC Consensus Conference
Just prior to the World Symposium, amulti-disciplinary group of 28 Fellows
met in Mallorca to tackle the questionof standardization of treatment proce­dures within three categories – Straight­
forward; Advanced; Complex – at the
SAC Consensus Conference. The need toclearly identify the degree of difficulty
and risk involved in surgical and restor­
ative procedures is undisputed. Today,
the majority of education in implantdentistry comes after graduation andthere is little education currently avail­able that takes a neutral approach totreatment and the associated risks.
The ITI’s objective is to prepare an SAC
publication to be issued in early 2009

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ITI Education Committee Members
Chairman:Chen Stephen T., Australia
Blase Didier, Belgium
Bodereau Enrique, Argentina
Cologna Peter, Switzerland
Cordaro Luca, Italy
Donos Nikolaos, United Kingdom
Fabréga Javier, Spain
Feloutzis Andreas, Greece
Gaggl Alexander, Austria
Giray Bahadir, Turkey

that is based on the series of normativeclassifications resulting from the Confer­ence. These classifications are currently
being further developed in order toencompass and detail a listing of casetypes. Entitled The SAC Classification in
Implant Dentistry, this standard refer­ence book will provide practitioners witha guide as to the level of experience,
knowledge and skill that is necessary fora particular procedure and is expected
to set the standard for treatment evalu­
ation within the field.

Head Timothy, Canada
Heitz-Mayfield Lisa, Australia
Januário Alessandro, Brazil
Johansson Lars Ake, Sweden
Katsuyama Hideaki, Japan
Leesungbok Richard, Korea
Redinha Luis, Portugal
Rousseau Paul, France
Ruskin James, USA
Schmid Bruno, Switzerland
Storgård Jensen Simon, Denmark
Terheyden Hendrik, Germany
Tsai Alex, Taiwan
Van Zyl Paul, South Africa
Wismeijer Daniel, Netherlands

Evolution of ITI Treatment Guide
seriesThe Treatment Guide series, now in its
second volume entitled Loading Proto­cols in Implant Dentistry – PartiallyDentate Patients that was published in
October 2007, draws substantially on
the concepts described in the SAC refer­ence book. The ITI has already definednine major topics for future volumesof the Treatment Guide series and willcontinue to publish one volume eachyear. Volume three is due for publicationin October 2008. This highly appreci­
ated series is one of the factors that sets
the ITI apart from similar academicorganizations and creates a benchmark
to which all of us as practitioners canaspire.
Beyond 2007
The success of the ITI’s educational
plans depends strongly on the pool of
ITI Speakers. Nowadays electronic media
are an integral part of the tools and­support they need to do their job evenbetter. The ITI Knowledge Network is
the framework within which the ITI sup­ports its Speakers and we intend, in the
coming years, to expand and strengthen
this valuable channel of Speaker sup­port. It will be the subject of a dedicated­conference in 2009 with the aim ofachieving consensus on its scope, con­

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tent and structure. In the meantime, thenext regular ITI Consensus Conference istaking place in ­Stuttgart in August 2008
to discuss and define statements thatwill provide practitioners in the field of
implant dentistry with reliable guide­lines to treatment in line with the ITI
philosophy of evidence-based findings.

New Fellows

A strong and ongoing commitment
to the ITI demonstrated througha high level of activity in the areas ofeducation, research, development
or leadership are necessary in order
to become a Fellow of the ITI.
In 2007 the ITI Board of Directors elected 68 new Fellows who fulfill these criteria. The ITI would like towelcome the new Fellows to the ITI community and wishes them all the best in their professional develop­
ment as well as their personal ­fulfillment as part of our global community of friends and ­colleagues.
A: Ahlmann Soren, Aarhus, Denmark / Aubazac Dominique, Clermont Ferrand, France / Ayyoub Khaled,
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates / B: Behnaz Hassan, Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran / Bernhart Thomas,
Wien, Austria / Biffar Reiner, Greifswald, Germany / Bilbao Arturo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain / Bilko
Slawomir, Toronto, Canada / Borel Jean Francois, Clermont-Ferrand, France / Brodala Nadine, Chapel Hill,
United States / Buatois Hervé, Grenoble, France C/E/G: Caubet Biayna Jorge, Palma, Spain / Chen Jiang,
Fuzhou Fujian, China / Coutinho Alves Celia, Porto, Portugal / Couto Viana Pedro, Porto, Portugal / Covani
Ugo, Camaiore, Italy / Erasmus Jason, Christchurch, New Zealand / Gaggl Alexander, Klagenfurt, Austria /Gratton David, Iowa City, United States / Grundling Daniel, Port Elizabeth, South Africa / Gu Zhiyuan, Hang­zhou, China H/J: Halaby Camille R., Montreal, Canada / Hillerup Søren, Virum, Denmark / Hsieh Albert Y.D.,
Taiwan / Huynh-Ba Guy, Bern, Switzerland / Jakse Norbert, Graz, Austria K/L: Karimbux Nadeem, Boston,
United States / Kokovic Vladimir, Belgrade, Yugoslavia / Kraehenmann Michael, Zürich, Switzerland / Kunkel
Martin, Bochum, Germany / Laney William, Rio Verde, United States / Lightfoot William, Milton, UnitedStates / London Robert, Seattle, United States M/N: Makrauer Zola, Huntingdon Valley, United States /Malan Jacques, Port Elizabeth, South Africa / Mardas Nikolaos, London, United Kingdom / Margeas Robert C.,
Des Moines, United States / Niimura Masahiro, Tokyo, Japan / Nilsen Dagfinn, Sofiemyr, Norway / NygaardOstby Per, Oslo, Norway P/R: Pang Iok-Chao, Yung Kang City, Taiwan / Pavlovic Pedja, Kent, United Kingdom /Penarrocha Diego Miguel, Valencia, Spain / Phillips Gregory E., Columbus, United States / Pignol Jean-Francois,Montpellier, France / Present Steven, North Wales, United States / Rabaco Pedro, Lisboa, Portugal / Renault
Patrick, Paris, France / Renzi Antonio, Rimini, Italy / Roos Arie Willem, Cape Town, South Africa / Roy Graham,
Anglesey, United Kingdom S: Saab Nidal, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Santosa Robert, Sydney,­Australia / Schnabl Dagmar, Innsbruck, Austria / Seitner Thomas, Ostfildern, Germany / Stilwell Charlotte,
London, United Kingdom / Su Yucheng, Beijing, China / Summerwill Anthony, Birmingham, United Kingdom/ Syfrig Benno, Luzern, Switzerland / Sykaras Nikitas, Halandri, Greece T/U/V: Tseng Chuen-Chyi, Yung Kang,
Taiwan / Tunes Fabio Sanches Magalhaes, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil / Umehara Kazuhiro, Hirosaki,
Aomori, Japan / Vilos George, Athens, Greece W/Y/Z: Wu Phoebe Suefang, Taipei, Taiwan / Yoshimura­Harunori, Bibai Hokkaido, Japan / Zhang Zhiyong, Shanghai, China / Zhou Lei, Guangzhou, China

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ITI Scholarship Committee“Our goals have not changed
significantly over the last 10 years
but our methods of working
have.”
Hans-Peter Weber, Chairman of the ITI Scholarship Committee

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In Support of ExcellenceHaving taken over as Chairman of the
ITI Scholarship Committee in 2007,
I would like to thank Erik Hjørting-Han­
sen for all his hard work as Chairman in
nurturing the Scholarship program
through its first decade. While Erik willcontinue his tenure on the Committee,
Christoph Hammerle will in future bringhis formidable expertise to the ResearchCommittee. I would like to thank him
for the many years of hard work andded­ication to our Scholars. Despite losing
Christoph, we have actually expanded
the Committee in order to reflect the
program’s worldwide network more accu­
rately. Hence, I would like to welcome
the new Committee members: Gil Alco­forado from Portugal, former Scholar
Nick Donos from the UK and Alex Tsai
from Taiwan, who will be our Asian­representative.
During Erik’s term of office, he commit­
ted considerable time and thought not
only to the Scholar selection process,but also to that of the Scholarship Cen­ters. We currently have 17 ScholarshipCenters around the world, each carefully
chosen in terms of the opportunities
it offers Scholars and the quality ofmentoring that it provides. Our newest
Scholar­ship Center is in Canada near
Toronto: Bloorview Kids Rehab. This is
Canada’s largest children’s rehabilita­tion hospital that treats children andyoung people who have complex needs
due to congenital disease, illness or
accident.
The total of Scholarships awarded in2007 comes to 21, including young clini­
cians from all over the world. This diver­sity of nationality and country of origin
is something the Scholarship Committee
continues to support positively. It waspart of the original concept to offer
young clinicians an opportunity to workin an unfamiliar cultural environment sothat they can experience different
approaches to implant dentistry, learn
from them and take them back forapplication in their country wherever
appropriate.

ITI Scholarship Committee Members
Chairman:Weber Hans-Peter, USA
Alcoforado Gil, Portugal
Donos Nikolaos, UK

Our goals have not changed significantly
over the years but our methods of work­
ing have. As is appropriate in an elec­
tronic age, Scholarship applications in2007 were submitted electronically forthe first time using the ITI Knowledge
Network. This provided the basis forelectronic evaluation of the applications
by the Scholarship Committee.

Hjørting-Hansen Erik, Denmark
Lang Klaus, Switzerland
Tsai Alex, Taiwan
Jaberg Thomas, USA

Since the program began in 1998 wehave awarded more than 100 Scholar­
ships and many of our Scholars havegone on to take on challenging tasks
and influential positions. As a newmember of the Scholarship Committee,
Nick Donos is a good example. He wasawarded an ITI Scholarship in 1999 andnow, almost a decade later, has a chairat the Eastman Dental Clinic in London
and is also Education Delegate for the
UK & Ireland Section.
For a number of years, the ITI offereda Research Scholarship, but few submis­
sions were received and the object of
the Scholarship to offer financial sup­port for living expenses while working
on an approved project was often mis­
under­stood. As a result the Research
Scholarship has been canceled. Due tofluctuating currencies, the Scholarship
Committee has been authorized toadapt the amounts awarded to Scholars
and Scholarship Centers which will now
be in Swiss francs rather than US dollars.
Each Scholar will now receive CHF 40,000
while an administrative ­stipend of
CHF 10,000 per scholar is offered to thehosting Scholarship ­Centers.

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ITI Development Committee

An independent contribution
towards furthering thedevelopment of sound treatment
methods.
Gerhard Wahl, Chairman of the ITI Development Committee

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Development Committee has shared aunique and rewarding relationshipwith Straumann. This relationship haschanged and developed over the years
in response to more stringent regulatory
requirements as well as the growing
market and portfolio of products.
New Committee lineup
In 2007, the Development Committee
held elections and a number of members
did not to stand for re-election. Among
those leaving was Chris ten Bruggenkate,
who led the Development Committee
as Chairman for many years. I would liketo thank him for his invaluable contri­
bution. He had a tremendous impact on
the work of the Committee, not leastby introducing a highly streamlined andsimplified way of working. I would also
like to thank our other departing mem­bers Urs Belser, Kurt Flury and Johannes
Röckl for their hard work, constructive
ideas and dedication over the years.
The Committee would like to welcome
Anthony Dickinson, Will Martin, Chris­tian Müller and Mario Roccuzzo.
Changing roles
Given the rapid introduction of products
and devices in recent years, particularlyin the area of prosthetics, as well as
stricter regulatory requirements, the roleof the Development Committee has
shifted and changed. Initially the Com­mittee worked side by side with engi­
neers and product development teams,
but then gradually began to take overmore of an advisory role related to indi­vidual phases of development.

to identify whether a product should
be adapted and how. Where the Com­mittee’s discussions lead to changes intreatment approaches, these are also
passed on so that they can be integrated
into education plans and the necessary
educational tools. The introduction of
the bone level implant, for example, led
to considerable discussion, making it
clear that targeted education at an earlystage must accompany any productlaunch.

ITI Development Committee Members
Chairman:
Wahl Gerhard, Germany
Brägger Urs, Switzerland
Higginbottom Frank, USA
Shafer David, USA
Dickinson Anthony, Australia
Martin William, USA
Müller Christian, Germany
Roccuzzo Mario, Italy
Matter Sandro, Switzerland

Multidisciplinary approach
The strength of the Development Com­mittee lies in its broadly multidisciplinary
composition made up of surgeons, den­tal technicians and prosthodontists. This
ensures that the committee has theexpertise to address all the issues thatmight arise, pinpointing potential short­comings and unmet needs. The intro­
duction of new technologies and systems
has also had an effect on discussion. For
example, treatment methods in regard
to new systems often seem clear under
optimal conditions, but daily practicepresents many unforeseen situations.
The success of this unique symbiosis
between the ITI and Straumann is largely
due to the fact that the ITI has beenable to make an independent and impartial, pro bono contribution towards
furthering the development of soundtreatment methods to the benefit ofpatients.

The collective expertise and experience
represented by the Development Com­mittee and placed at the disposal of
Straumann offers our industrial partnera unique opportunity to consult on new
products, and review customer feedback

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Where excellence is the goal, there is lit­
tle likelihood of ever being able to sit
back and relax – the quest always con­tinues. This is precisely the situation
faced by clinicians in the field of implantdentistry. As the focus of the field has
moved away from the implant itself
towards differing treatment approaches
and the varying degrees of complexity
inherent to individual cases, accompa­
nied by higher patient expectations,continuing education must broaden its
scope to meet these new challenges.

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In its mission “to promote and dissemi­nate knowledge on all aspects of implant dentistry and related tissue regen­eration”, the ITI has always placed greatvalue on the role of education and inparticular the various tools and instru­
ments associated with it. Accordingly,
the ITI has been particularly active inrecent years in developing and launch­ing measures to meet the needs of­practitioners as both consumers andproviders of education.

Among the catalog of measures desig­
ned to support clinicians are various
publications such as the enormously
successful ITI Treatment Guide series,
the third volume of which is now in
preparation. The success of this series
can be traced back not only to the clar­
ity of approach and presentation as wellas the thoroughness with which eachvolume tackles its subject, but also to
the insight which each chapter provides
in regard to the degree of risk involvedthat also enables the material to be
used in discussion with patients.
Another book which has achieved thestatus of a standard work since its pub­lication is the GOMI. A Quintessencereference guide with more than 2,000­definitions and descriptions of implantrelated terms in whose development
the ITI participated, the GOMI has gar­nered praise worldwide and has beenenthusiastically endorsed by leading
academic organizations in the field.
Both the ITI Treatment Guide series andthe GOMI are in the process of beingtranslated into a broad range of lan­
guages in order to offer clinicians every­
where a standardized base of terminol­ogy and reliable, evidence-based
treatment methodologies that can befollowed with ease thanks to step-bystep instructions and images.
Books represent one very importantand traditional tool, but an exchange ofexperience in small groups is anotherapproach that has also enjoyed muchsuccess. Since 1998, the Swiss Section of
the ITI has championed what were first
known as ITI User Club meetings andare now known as ITI Study Clubs. With
27 Study Clubs spread throughout thecountry, this approach has proven its
effectiveness in bringing together­dentists to discuss specific issues andcases and share tips and tricks in small
groups. Each of these groups is led by
an ITI Fellow or Member who often
opens the meeting with a talk or pre­sentation on a set topic. In order to sup­port these and other Speakers who havean active role in the dissemination ofknowledge to other practitioners, the ITI
undertakes Speaker development.
While each of our ITI Speakers is anexpert in his or her own field, the tech­
nology involved in teaching nowadays
has become demanding and expecta­
tions on the part of the audience arehigh. Each Speaker is expected to pro­vide photography to an almost profes­
sional level and well designed presenta­
tions – the technical pitfalls in bothareas are many and varied and thebenchmark is regularly raised. Throughits Sections, the ITI provides various
forms of training for Speakers, ranging
from media training to new technology
seminars, to equip them to face thedemands of our media-oriented era.
This also extends to the production of
tailor-made software that has been
designed for the presentation of casestudies: ITI Case View, the latest versionof which was released in 2007 and con­tains many new features.
The pursuit of excellence through­continuing education is a worthwhile
goal and the following pages provide
some insight into how the ITI makes
its contribution.

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Education at theregional level in action.

Dr. Bruno Schmid, Education Delegateof the Swiss ITI Section

Education is central to the ITI, which
spreads its philosophy through global
events such as the ITI World Symposium
and international Consensus meetings.
It is also very active at a national level
through its highly successful national con­gresses and educational meetings orga­
nized by its individual Sections. A further
opportunity for clinicians to meet andexchange knowledge, experience andideas from the world of implant ­dentistry
is provided through informal ­meetings insmaller groups: the ITI Study Clubs.
These Study Clubs have proven to bevery effective in the exchange of knowl­edge and as such represent one of the
ITI’s great success stories in recent years.
While the concept of Study Clubs is notnew, the ITI has adopted it because of
the advantages it offers in support ofcontinuing education. Study Clubs havea significant reach that takes in the­general practitioner who may not other­wise have regular access to the latest­discussions in the field.
The idea of Study Clubs is to provide an
informal communications platform for
dentists, dental technicians and dental
hygienists to discuss questions relating
to implant dentistry. The advantage ofmeeting in a small group is the informal
atmosphere that allows clinicians, who
may only have limited experience of plac­
ing implants, to ask questions, discusscases and issues relating to them withother clinicians and take advantage of theprofessional experience available.
The country in which the ITI Study Clubs
are most extensively developed is Switzer­
land. The first meetings – in the formof ITI User Clubs – took place in 1998 andwere renamed ITI Study Clubs when they
were integrated into Swiss Section activi­

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land has grown steadily and there are now
27 throughout the country.
Dr. Bruno Schmid, Education Delegate of
the Swiss Section ran an ITI Study Club inBern for around five years and is a firm
believer in the benefits of this approachto continuing education. “At congresses,
many people do not feel comfortable­asking questions in front of a large andanonymous audience. In the Study Club
environment, people perhaps alreadyknow each other or get to know eachother over a few meetings. It is a smaller,
more intimate setting and makes it easier
not only to ask questions, but also to­discuss cases and accept criticism where
necessary without feeling too exposed.
It is a milieu that, for the most part, is
not affected by any strong rivalry between
peers. In the group that I ran many of themembers were not necessarily frequent
users of implants and the Study Club
was a source of very useful practical tips
and tricks.”
Discussion ranges from surgical and pros­
thetic questions to regeneration andtechnical issues. If a new product or prod­
uct part is introduced, the Study Club isa good place to discuss its application
and reliability, but the focus is clearly oncase planning, treatment strategies andproblem solving. Bruno Schmid describes
how his Study Club was run: “We used tomeet three or four times a year and wewould prepare key topics for discussion;then either I or perhaps an invited Speaker
would start off the evening with a shortpresentation. This isn’t mandatory, but
it is helpful in warming people up andfocusing the mind in a particular direction.
People would be asked in advance tobring and share material on the topic for
discussion and constructive feedback.

Even in these very safe surroundings, it
can sometimes be difficult to get people
to talk, but persistence and direct ques­
tions usually worked well in the end to
everyone’s benefit.”“Meetings usually last around two hours –from 6 to 8 in the evening – which meansthat nobody has to take time off workand there is always the possibility of con­tinuing the discussion in smaller groups
afterwards. Group size can be anything
between 10 and 25 people, after which it
is a good idea to create a second groupfor the same area. Over the years we have
had various approaches to the group’s
administrative requirements. Previously
participants paid an annual fee of CHF
100 to 150, but now Study Club member­ship is part of the ITI Membership pack­age, so participants just need to become
Members of the ITI. The investment of
CHF 150 each year remains the same andthe benefits for the Members are sizable,with a copy of the latest Treatment
Guide, regular issues of Forum Implanto­
logicum and reductions on ITI courses
and to the World Symposium. This seems
very reasonable to me and it also implies
a certain commitment on the part of theparticipant.”
To help present cases in a standardized
format, the ITI has developed ITI Case
View (see page 23) – an intuitive software
program that makes case presentation
at Study Clubs child’s play at the sametime as offering Speakers a broad range
of options for interactive presentation.

tial attendees, coordinating responses andgenerally taking care of all the adminis­
trative traffic and details, it would not be
possible to run a Study Club successfully.
Normally it is the Section Admin­istrator
who takes on this role and this can turnout to be an almost full-time responsibility
if the Study Clubs are as successful as they
have turned out to be in Switzerland.
Local networking and the possibility ofmeeting colleagues with whom a working
relationship can develop are among thebenefits, another is that the meetings
count towards continuing education cred­its for the year. Continuing education iscompulsory for all clinicians and the Study
Clubs are a painless and very directly­useful way of fulfilling that responsibility.
They are also considerably less expensive
than the average course for which, in
addition, time must be taken off workwith the ensuing loss of income.
Bruno Schmid comments: “The Study
Club concept is beginning to catch on,
more in some countries than others.
­Brazil appears to have adopted the con­
cept with enthusiasm. It is a way to reachmany practitioners and a perfect oppor­
tunity for networking and scientificexchange. It represents a win-win situa­tion for everyone involved.”

The administrative aspect is one thatplays a large and important role in therunning of the Study Club. Without some­
one to take responsibility for booking
the venue, sending out mailings with thetime and place to regular as well as poten­

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ITI Study Clubs
in Switzerland.
In Switzerland, the ITI Study Clubs have become an integral
part of Section activities, but without an active and com­mitted Section Administrator, running them would not be
possible. Heinz Frei is the Section Administrator for the
Swiss ITI Section and he was instrumental in the launch of
the Study Club concept within the ITI, initially in Switzer­
land, and is still very closely involved with their foundationand development in other countries.
“In 2007, we had 64 ITI Study Club meetings throughout thecountry and anticipate 70 meetings for 2008,” Heinz says,“which involves a great deal of administrative work. There
are approximately 1,600 dentists and dental technicians on
our lists – almost a quarter of practising dentists within
Switzerland. Naturally, perhaps only about 800 of those are
active, but those 800 benefit from the opportunity to meetseveral times a year within small groups to discuss topics
that affect their professional daily life and also count towards
their continuing medical education.”“There are approximately
1,600 dentists and dental
technicians on our lists –almost a quarter of practis­
ing dentists within Switzer­
land.”The role of the Section Administrator is vital to the smoothrunning of the ITI Study Clubs. He or she is responsible forcoordinating with the Study Club leader to define the topics,
set a date, get in touch with the registered participants,
assess numbers and arrange the necessary rooms. With a
total of 27 ITI Study Clubs in Switzerland in 2007, the levelof administration is high and the Section has been assigned
an administrative assistant to support Heinz, who will
spend 4 days a week working exclusively on their organiza­tion and running.

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Whenever a new ITI Study Club is proposed for a part of
Switzerland that has not yet been covered, Heinz works on
finding the right person to lead it, “The Coordinator should
be someone who is generally accepted by his or her peers,
who can motivate people and stimulate discussion. Thatis their main role, they shouldn’t have to deal with any
administrative tasks as that is what we are there to do.”At the first meeting of a new Study Club, Heinz makes a­presentation to explain just who the ITI is and how it works.
“Amazingly many people still don’t really understand thedifference between Straumann and the ITI and I find it
important to clarify the aims and objectives of the ITI.”
Given his experience, Heinz is in demand to provide Sec­
tions with information on how the Study Clubs work, theirfeatures and benefits. He explains “Often the Sections are
not aware that once they have put together an ITI Study
Club concept and submitted it with their annual budget,they are entitled to financial support to cover the costs of
the rooms, a fee for the Study Club Coordinator and adrinks party once a year.”His advice if a Section wants to start a Study Club “Takea look at my presentation and then get started as quickly
as possible!”Presentation Tools

ITI Case View 2.0.

A software program that was originally presented by Professor
Urs Belser in Lucerne in 2000, the latest release of ITI Case
View – version 2.0 – has many new features that make iteasier to use and very flexible in its presentation modes andoptions. The strong advantage of ITI Case View 2.0 overother often used software such as PowerPoint or Keynote isthat it supports interactive discussion through its flexible
handling. In its presentation modus, Speakers can move
more easily between sets of images, enlarging or rearrang­
ing them as necessary during discussion to make a point or
to focus on a particular detail without ever losing the flowof or orientation within the presentation.
ITI Case View 2.0 was developed as a presentation programfor study groups. With its intuitive functioning, it allows
Speakers to put together a case presentation within a very
short time in any of four different viewing formats: 4 : 3, 3 : 2,
16 : 9 or 3 : 1. Its modular structure in three sections: intro­
duction, forum, and solution means that the pre- and posttreatment situations can be addressed as well as the treat­ment approach. And the system allows for up to five sets ofimages each with up to 16 images.
Each case presentation can be as simple or complex as thepresenter requires, depending on how he or she fills thethree sections. The introduction serves to summarize theclinical situation with the presenting issues and is accompa­
nied by two images. It can then be followed up by pairs of
explanatory images while the presenter further develops the
pre-treatment situation.
The forum is the key section of every presentation, where
the speaker can make free use of the image set feature toshow images either individually, in pairs or in groups of four
as desired or necessary to outline the case. Images can also
be grouped in new constellations on the spot in response to
feedback or queries from the audience.
The final section, the solution, mirrors the introduction by
providing a listing of the treatment steps accompanied by
key images.

ITI Case View 2.0 offersa simple and effcient toolfor creating orderly andflexible presentations.
legend fields appear under each image and the images areadded to the presentation using drag and drop. They canjust as easily be removed by a simple click. Every text field
can be edited and changed at any moment. Buttons andinstruction fields are kept to a minimum to cover the neces­sary requirements while fulfilling user needs. In addition
to creating simple presentations, the program allows users
to export them with or without a watermark and also toimport cases.
ITI Case View 2.0 offers a simple and efficient tool for creat­ing orderly and flexible presentations that can be used togreat effect in teaching and discussion situations in small
groups.

Case View 2.0 is available to ITI Speakers and those involved in ITI Educa­

Preparation of the presentation is easy thanks to the intui­
tive structure of the program and menus. Images can beimported into the case either singly, in groups or in a folder,tion activities within the Sections for download from the ITI Knowledge
Network.

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ITI Sections

Argentine Section
Section Officers
Chairman:
Jean-Paul Martinet

Education Delegate:
Enrique Fernández
Bodereau
Section Administrator:
Pablo Turek

As a Section that was newly establishedin 2007, the Argentine Fellows met fourtimes during their first year. The Sec­tion’s first meeting was held in Buenos
Aires at the end of August and managed
to attract 200 participants. During themeeting a case competition was held
and the three winners won a trip to­Brazil to attend the ITI congress. Prior tothat the Section held one leadership
meeting as well as a Speaker Develop­
ment event. At the second leadership
meeting in November, planning began
for events in 2008.

At the end of 2007 the new Section had
6 Fellows and 51 Members.

Australasian Section
Section Officers
Chairman:
Stephen Chen

Education Delegate:

During 2007, the Australasian Section
held two Section meetings, two study
clubs and two Speaker support meet­ings as well as more than 20 evening
seminars on topics of general interest
and relevance to implant dentistry.

Lisa Heitz-Mayfield

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The Speaker development activities
were in support of the Section’s 12 newSpeakers to give them an overview of
the ITI and its philosophy and activities
as well as to meet the Section’s sea­soned Speakers. The second Speaker
development meeting drew almost twice
the number of attendees. The Section
meetings focussed on education and thedevelopment on evaluation protocols
for future education and training pro­grams. At the July Section meeting, for­mer Education Delegate Stephen Chen

was elected new Section Chairman andLisa Heitz-Mayfield Education Delegate.
In 2007, the Australasian Section increased its membership from 184 toimpressive 329 Members and from
14 to 16 Fellows.

ITI Sections

Austrian Section
Established in 2006, the Austrian Section
experienced 66% growth in member­ship from 23 to 40 Members by the endof 2007; the number of Fellows grewfrom 8 to 13. The Austrian Section isstill very young and focusing on growth.
In order to attract new Members andoffer existing Members added value, theSection is organizing study clubs andheld a total of three in two different
locations (Innsbruck and Klagenfurt) thatwere attended by 28, 18 and 25 partici­
pants, respectively, with a further study
club planned for February 2008 in
Vienna.

The Section held one business meetingin Innsbruck in July where the attendees
prepared for the Section annual meet­ing in September and planned educa­
tional activities for 2008. Christian Kren­kel passed on his duties as Education
Delegate to Alexander Gaggl in 2007.

Section Officers
Chairman:Ingrid Grunert

Education Delegate:
Alexander Gaggl

Section Administrator:
Ulf Christian Henschen

Belgian Section
Approved by the ITI Board of Directors
in November 2007, the Belgian ITI Sec­tion had 6 Fellows and 71 Membersby the end of the year. The Section has
ambitious plans for 2008 that include
a national congress as well as regular
Section meetings and study clubs. Mem­bers are being encouraged to become
Speakers and Speaker development
activities are being planned.

Section Officers
Chairman:
Jan de Boever

Education Delegate:
Didier Blase

Section Administrator:
Dries De Pauw

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Brazilian Section
Section Officers
Chairman:
Waldemar Polido

Education Delegate:
Alessandro Lourenço
Januário
Section Administrator:
Hans Aebi

Established in late 2004, the Brazilian
Section is growing fast and had a totalof 18 Fellows and 188 Members at theend of 2007. The Section is very active,
meeting regularly for Section meetings,
study clubs, ITI courses and Speaker
development. The country’s size andextensive population of dentists meanthat there is a great deal of potential for
the ITI and the country’s more than
220,000 dentists are increasingly inter­
ested in implant dentistry as a comple­
mentary form of therapy.
In 2007, there were two well attended
Section meetings held in January (SaoPaulo) and September (Rio de Janeiro).
These presented an opportunity for
Speakers to share their knowledge on avariety of subjects ranging from autoge­
nous bone, through restorative planningin the esthetic area to treatment meth­ods in multiple recession areas. The­second day of the September meeting
included a presentation oriented to­several chapters of the Treatment Guide,
Volume 1 for all those present at the
CIORJ congress. Section Chairman­Waldemar Polido was responsible forreviewing the translated content of thePortuguese version of the Treatment

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Guide, which has been enthusiasticallyreceived by Brazilian specialists.
As well as a total of 25 study clubs heldin the second half of the year andattended by more than 500 dentists, theSection also held four regional meetingsin conjunction with local congresses.
Through the total of 25 presentations
made by ITI Fellows, these meetings
provided the ITI with an opportunity toraise its flag at various locations andtell clinicians a little about the ITI’s­priorities and philosophy. Speaker devel­
opment was also supported in the formof a meeting in January where morethan 50 Fellows, Speakers and Members
benefited from presentations, among
others, on the Case View 2.0 software
as well as digital photography for odon­
tology.
Planning also began for the second Bra­zilian congress which will be held in Sao
Paulo from October 2 to 4 in 2008. With
seven speakers from the USA, Australia
and Europe as well as 31 from Brazil,
interactive events and a lunch & learn
session, the event promises to be one of
the most important in its field for thedental community in Brazil in 2008.

ITI Sections

Canadian Section
In 2007, the Canadian Section held two
Section meetings during which it dis­cussed and prepared the February 2008
national congress in Whistler, British
Columbia, worked on the developmentof local study clubs, the standardizationof ITI branded educational courses
given by Canadian ITI Fellows as well as
the recruitment of practitioners to the
ITI to include the Western provinces ofCanada and ensure a more nationally
representative group.

In its two Speaker development meet­ings, attendees were taught how to
improve their presentation techniqueusing software programs and also how
to improve the quality of their photog­
raphy. Both meetings were greeted withenthusiasm and appreciation.
During the last quarter of 2007, theCanadian Section succeeded in firmly
establishing a study club program.

Section Officers
Chairman:
George Sándor

Education Delegate:
Timothy Head

Section Administrator:
Alain Laroche

The Section increased its numbers
from 91 to 185 Members and from 15 to
17 Fellows during 2007.

Danish Section
In 2007, the Danish ITI Section focussed
on further consolidation and growth.
To achieve this objective, the Section
organ­ized two identical full-day member
meetings, one in the western part of
Denmark, Jutland, and the day after in
Zealand, in the eastern part of Denmark.
The program covered both theoreticaland clinically relevant topics and focused
mainly on surgical aspects of oral
implant dentistry. The entire program
was presented by Danish ITI Fellows.
The lectures were followed with greatinterest and accompanied by many fruit­
ful discussions between the speakers
and the audience. More than 100 partic­
ipants attended each meeting.
One Speaker’s Development Course washeld for the Fellows. Five of the 12 Fel­
lows participated in a very intense andchallenging two-day course on presenta­tion techniques. Two Section meetings
were held with the participation ofalmost every Fellow. The meetings
focussed on the development of an edu­
cation strategy for 2008 and planning
the Danish National ITI Congress which
will be held on May 15, 2009.

Section Officers
Chairman:
Merete Aaboe

Education Delegate:

In September 2007, Henning Lehmann
Bastian announced his retirement
as Section Chairman. His big efforts for
the Section from the early start until
today are highly appreciated. Merete
Aaboe was unanimously elected as new
Section Chairman. Simon Storgård
Jensen continues as Education Delegate.
Andreas Stavropoulos was elected new
Corresponding Editor. Finn Andersen
was replaced by Per Jensen as Section
Administrator.

Simon Storgård Jensen

Section Administrator:
Per Jensen

By the end of the year, the Danish Sec­tion managed to increase its member­ship from 77 to 160 Members and
12 Fellows.

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Dutch Section
Section Officers
Chairman:Lex van Gool

Education Delegate:
Daniel Wismeijer

Section Administrator:
Wim van Dam

The unusual choice of a football sta­dium in Utrecht as a location for theSection’s meeting in June 2007 was
popular and brought positive results inthat Section involvement after the
meeting remained high – there were
37 participants at the meeting. The Sec­tion meeting included presentations
on CAD/CAM planning and technology
as well as a presentation by a retired
footballer on the parallels between teamsport and implant dentistry. A Fellow
meeting followed later on in the monthat which the decision was made toresearch the degree of demand forstudy clubs in the Netherlands.
The Dutch Section increased its mem­bership from 87 to 137 Members
in 2007, while the number of Fellows
remained steady at 10.

French Section
Section Officers
Chairman:
Maurice Leize
Education Delegate:
Paul Rousseau

Section Administrator:
Guillaume Daniellot

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The French Section is undergoingchanges with a new focus that aims
to reintroduce the spirit of the ITI
more actively throughout the Section.
As a result of many administrative
meetings to which a large number ofFellows and Members have made a con­siderable contribution, an activity plan
has been created for 2008 onwards. This
includes a national congress in 2009
to be preceded by a nationwide survey
sent out to French dentists to findout their views and practices in regard
to implant dentistry.

In 2007, the French Section grew from
7 to 12 Fellows and had 65 Members by
the end of the year.

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German Section
There were no great changes in the­German Section in 2007, but steps weretaken to broaden Section activities toinclude training for Speakers as well
as a program of study clubs in various
locations. The annual Section meeting
took place in February during which­discussion focused on developing thetwo opportunities outlined above as
well as extensive planning for the 2008
7th national congress to take place in
Cologne in April. Even in the planningstage, conservative estimates for atten­
dance lay at the 1,500+ mark.

with live video recordings for direct
feedback on progress. Seven study clubs
were also held in seven different loca­
tions, each focusing on a different
aspect of treatment.

Section Officers
Chairman:Gerhard Wahl

Education Delegate:

In order to support its educational activ­
ities, the Section also produced its first
ITI branded continuing education bro­chure which was then sent to all Fellows
and Members.

Hendrik Terheyden

Section Administrator:
Andreas Nitschke

During 2007, the Section increased its
membership from 76 to 79 Fellows and
161 to 227 Members.

In total, the Section held five all-day
Speaker support meetings led by anexperienced trainer who focused on
measures to relax Speakers and neutral­ize stress in difficult situations coupled

Greek Section
Having received Board approval in late2006, the Greek ITI Section held its offi­
cial inaugural meeting in July 2007.
There were no other Section meetings
held in 2007, although the Section was
represented at the ITI Mediterranean
Speaker Development meeting in Sar­
dinia, Italy in September.
The Section is responsible for ITI semi­
nar cycles that it continues to run forboth the surgical and prosthetic field.
Last year, the Section concentrated onplanning its first national congress for2008 which will take place in Athens on
September 27 and 28, entitled “Newdevelopments vs. established concepts
in implant dentistry”.
At the end of 2007, the Section had
increased its membership to 6 Fellows
and 41 Members.

Section Officers
Chairman:
Ioannis Fourmosis

Education Delegate:
Andreas Feloutzis

Section Administrator:
Alex Kosmas

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Iberian Section
Section Officers
Chairman:
Pedro Bullón

Education Delegate (E):

More than 400 professionals from the
Iberian Section in Spain and Portugal
made the journey to New York for theWorld Symposium in 2007 underlining
the value of the event as well as theSection’s strong commitment to the ITI.

Javier Fábrega

Education Delegate (P):Luis Redinha

Section Administrator:
Carlos Molinero

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During the year, two Section meetings
were held in Madrid in June and Sardinia
in September. The latter was combinedwith the Mediterranean Speaker Devel­
opment event and was attended by
40 Fellows and Members from the Sec­tion. Under discussion during the meet­ings were speaker development andthe nomination of new ITI Speakers, theimplementation of study clubs and theeducational program for the ­following
year as well as the location for the 2009
national congress that will take place in
Madrid on March 13 and 14.

The Section also inaugurated a new
type of meeting to be known as the ITIScientific Update event where distin­
guished ITI Fellows and Speakers makepresentations on the latest develop­
ments in a given area. The first meetingin Madrid in December focused on
the indications and uses of the newly
launched bone level implant. It wasa resounding success with more than
100 satisfied participants.
During the year, Professor Gil Alcoforado
passed on his duties as Education Dele­gate for Portugal to Dr. Luis Redinha.
The Section grew gratifyingly with anincrease of five Fellows to 30 and from
200 to 288 Members by the end of
2007.

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Italian Section
Cooperation and friendship between
dental professionals who aspire to thehighest standards coupled with a broad
range of educational activities represent
the focus of the Italian ITI Section. In
2007, the Section held two Section
meetings, in Genoa and in Sardinia in
June and September, respectively. The
meeting in Genoa drew more than
500 attendees and was also taken as anopportunity to hold a number of Com­plex level courses as part of the Italian
SAC educational program.
The international Sardinian meeting
concentrated on improving presentation
skills and public speaking while thenational meeting looked at how to run
study clubs optimally. As a result, there
were 10 study groups defined in Italy in2007 and around 250 dentists attended
meetings with an average of 25 attend­
ing each group. The number of groups
for 2008 has risen to 14. The Section
defined the aim of its study clubs as toimprove the ability of its attendees tofind solutions to clinical cases thatinvolve implants. Presentations are madeby two or three attendees, followed byquestions and answers and discussionthat addresses the issues represented by
the case. Study clubs are being coordi­
nated by Sandro Siervo.
The Section underwent a change ofleadership as Mario Roccuzzo stepped
down after four years as Chairman andvarious Fellows were selected to support
the Section in specific areas: Paolo­Casentini as Corresponding Editor, Enzo
Vaia as Section secretary, Eugenio
Romeo, Claudio Arcuri and Sergio Pianofor Member/Fellow relations, as well as
an editorial committee made up ofRoberto del Sordo, Gabriele Caruso andGiacomo Oteri.

Section Officers
Chairman:
Matteo Chiapasco

Education Delegate:
Luca Cordaro

Section Administrator:
Simo Beraha

By the end of the year, the Italian Section
had increased the number of its Mem­bers from 138 to 240 with 26 Fellows.

Japanese Section
With the acquisition of Daishin Tradingin 2007, Straumann now has a subsidiaryin Japan and the Japanese ITI ­Section
had a change of Section Administrator.
The Section held three ITI Treatment
Guide Volume 1 seminars in Tokyo, Osakaand Fukuoka and attracted a total of
800 participants and also held two Sec­tion meetings in the latter part of theyear. Following publication of the first
volume of the Treatment Guide, the­Section decided to prepare a translation
for the Japanese market. This ­volume

was launched on the Japanese market
in September 2007.

Section Officers
Chairman:
Eiji Funakoshi

The Section grew from 100 to 140 Mem­bers, and from 17 to 19 Fellows in 2007.
Education Delegate:
Hideaki Katsuyama

Section Administrator:
Tetsumaru Murata

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ITI Sections

Korean Section
Section Officers
Chairman:Dong Hoo Han

Education Delegate:
Richard Leesungbok

Section Administrator:
Joo Hwan Bahn

Established in 2006, the Korean Section
had 7 Fellows and 62 Members by theend of an active 2007. The Section’s two
meetings drew 50 and 40 attendees,
respectively, and discussion extend­ed tothe establishment of regional groups
to allow for a greater geographical spreadof Members and more frequent meet­ings. The educational highlights in 2007
were the ITI Harvard course led by­Professors HP Weber and Richard Lee­sungbok as well as the ITI Mainz course
led by Professors Wilfried Wagner andBaeksoo Lee.
A national meeting on “Patient-Friendly
Implant Dentistry” with a full and inter­national program was held in Seoul inJuly and attracted 400 participants.
Well respected Korean Speakers werecomplemented by Professor Rainer

Schmeizeisen from Freiburg, Germany,
who gave a special lecture on “BoneGrafts, Osteosynthesis and Biomaterials”.
In the Section’s two study club meet­ings in Jeon Ju and Sok-Cho, a numberof clinical cases were presented toregional dentists. The aim of the study
clubs is to give general dentists and spe­cialists outside of large cities an oppor­
tunity to find out more about the ITI
philosophy as well as to exchange expe­
riences relating to clinical cases. The
Section is considering how to organize
Speaker development activities inorder to give their Speakers the maxi­
mum possible support in the formof tools and improvement in skills toreach potential and existing Members.

South African Section
Section Officers
Chairman:Gerrit Wyma

Education Delegate:
Paul van Zyl

Section Administrator:

South Africa has had connections to the
ITI since October 2000 when Dr. Gerrit
Wyma and Dr. Paul van Zyl joined the
ITI. Since then, a further 5 Fellows havebeen appointed and some 31 Members
joined by the end of December 2007.
This culminated in the approval of anational ITI Section in October 2007
with an inaugural meeting in February
2008, attended by all 8 Fellows.

Peter Anderson

Plans were made in 2007 for 2008 and
the Section’s first task is to arrange the
ITI South African Congress. This will be
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Roccuzzo, Dr. Chris Evans and Dr. Dean
Morton. It promises to be a superb­congress in the stunning setting of theCape Town Waterfront. The Section will
also be setting up the necessary struc­tures so that it can successfully launch
its study clubs and speaker support­programs for 2009.

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Swedish Section
With more than a strong contingent ofFellows and Members from the Section
attending the World Symposium in New
York, the Swedish Section had an active
start to 2007. Later on in the year, after
three Section meetings that focusedon planning, the Section held its annual
seminar not only in Sweden, but also for
the first time in Norway. Both meetings
were extremely successful with 88 and91 participants, respectively. Planningwas undertaken for a series of study
clubs that will be introduced in 2008.

Among the Section’s goals for 2007 was
to increase the number of Fellows andMembers in Sweden. By the end of theyear, the Section had 16 Fellows and
54 Members, an increase of 40 Membersin the space of one year.

Section Officers
Chairman:
Kerstin Fischer

Education Delegate:
Lars Ake Johansson

Section Administrator:
Ulf Wahlstroem

Swiss Section
The Swiss Section is dynamic as everwith an extensive program of regularstudy club meetings spread among its
now 28 regional study clubs throughout
the country. In 2007, 1,227 participants
attended 64 study club meetings. Thesemeetings have been so successful thata full-time assistant has been hired for
its coordination as per January 1, 2008.
A Study Club Coordinators and Speakers
meeting was held at the end of Septem­
ber in Gerzensee near Bern that was
attended by 35 participants. The Speak­ers enjoyed a presentation on how tocommunicate during a crisis situation
as well as the introduction to the new
Case View 2.0 software. As the Section
is so active within its study clubs andthe organization of the 43 ITI continu­
ing education courses, it did not hold aSection meeting, nor was there anational ITI congress.

There was a change in Section officers
at the beginning of 2007 when Profes­
sor Urs Belser stepped down as Section
Chairman to be replaced by Professor
Christoph Hammerle, whose previous
position as Education Delegate wastaken over by Dr. Bruno Schmid. Grate­
ful thanks for his work in the initial
phases of building up the Swiss Section
were extended to Urs Belser.

Section Officers
Chairman:Christoph Hammerle

Education Delegate:
Bruno Schmid

Section Administrator:
Heinz Frei

At the end of 2007, the number of­Section Members had risen from 552 to664, while Fellows remained steadyat 69.

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Taiwan Section
Section Officers
Chairman:
Chuen-Chyi Tseng

Education Delegate:
Alex Tsai

Section Administrator:
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The ITI Taiwan Section was approved at
the March meeting of the ITI Board of
Directors and officially inaugurated in
May 2007. Dr. Chuen-Chyi Tseng waselected Section Chairman and Dr. Alex
Yi-Min Tsai Education Delegate. Susan
Lee became Section Administrator.
During its first meeting, the Section
focused on organizing a national congressand study clubs with the goal of provid­
ing its Members and Fellows with an
educational offering as well as increas­
ing the numbers within the Section. The
national congress was held in Taipei inAugust and its theme was “From Treat­ment Plan, Implant Esthetics to New
Development in Biotechnology.”

The congress was very successful andattracted 220 attendees.
The Section held four meetings in total,
three that focused on the organizationof the congress and the fourth thatlooked at ways of increasing Section
membership. In addition there were also
10 study clubs held in Taichung and
Kaohsiung as well as one Speaker Devel­
opment meeting with 20 attendees.
The Section grew to 24 Members andfive Fellows in its first year.

ITI Sections

Turkish Section
Much was achieved in the three Section
meetings held by the Turkish ITI Section
in 2007. The Section took a decision tolimit Section Chairmanship to a periodof three years, after which the Education
Delegate becomes the new Chairman
and a new Education Delegate is thenselected. Accordingly, the Education­Delegate Haldun Iplikcioglu was madeSection Chairman and Associate Profes­
sor Bahadir Giray replaced him as­Education Delegate. Cuneyt Bastimur
was appointed Section Administrator.
The Section organized and held two study
clubs in Istanbul and Ankara attended
by 35 and 26 clinicians, respectively.
The combination of a social and educa­
tional event was very successful andfacilitated networking opportunities
between the Fellows and Members andultimately resulted in an increase inmembership numbers for the Section.

Planning for the 4th Turkish ITI Con­
gress began, which will run under thetitle “The Realities of Oral Implantology
Practice” and will also feature somehighly recognized international Speak­ers. Professor Ates Parlar will head
the Scientific Program Committee andit has already been decided to holda poster competition at the congress,
the winner of which will be awarded
an inter­national ITI course. The Section
also ­discussed and evaluated course
structure and demand for both 2007
and 2008.

Section Officers
Chairman:Haldun Iplikcioglu

Education Delegate:
Bahadir Giray

Section Administrator:
Cuneyt Bastimur

Numbers within the Section grew from28 to 64 Members and 9 Fellows by theend of the year.

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ITI Sections

UK & Irish Section
Section Officers
Chairman:
Stephen Barter

Education Delegate:
Nikolaos Donos

Section Administrator:
Andy Molnar

Two new initiatives were planned andlaunched by the UK & Irish Section
in 2007: a National Education Faculty
to coordinate a common approach toFoundation-level teaching and a men­
toring network. The latter is intended
for one-on-one meetings in order tohelp individuals with their practicalskills in surgery, case study discussion as
well as treatment planning assistance.
The Section has managed to establish
a nation-wide network of practitioners
who are prepared to offer their skills.
The Section is also very proud of thenumber of courses it managed to run in
2007: more than 170 courses with over
2,000 attendants.
Two Section meetings were held through­out the year for which a new format
has been defined. The day starts with a
CPD accredited talk to be followed by
Section business in the afternoon. The
focus of the meetings in 2007 was plan­ning for the 2008 congress, changes in
the Section structure as well as updates

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development through train-the-trainer
courses to be run in 2008. In addition,
the Section held 12 study clubs in 2007
with attendance ranging from 10 to
20 at each meeting. Elections were held
during the autumn meeting which led
to the re-election of Nikolaos Donosand Stephen Barter as Education Dele­gate and Section Chairman, respectively.
By the end of 2007, the Section had
grown dramatically from 161 Members
to 429 and 15 to 21 Fellows.

ITI Sections

US Section
In 2007, the US Section worked towards
increasing its membership, in particular
the number of women within the Sec­tion. It also undertook to optimize theSection’s structure with the formationof a Section Executive Committee andto improve communication within the
Section, with the international organiza­tion and with Straumann.
The Section Executive Committee ismade up of seven members who areresponsible for coordinating activities
throughout the United States. Also
among the Section’s goals was to increase its educational offering and tosupport the US Education Group by­further developing the necessary infra­
structure and logistic support systems.
Throughout the year, the Section held
one Section meeting at Lake Las Vegas,
which was attended by 41 Fellows.
Topics ranged from Etkon, bone level

implants and ITI Case View v2.0 to atalk by AV specialists on the require­ments of AV when working with Speak­ers. Additionally, three Speaker support
meetings were held during which pho­tography and image editing workshops
were introduced.
As a pilot project, the Section organized
three study clubs in the second halfof the year. These were enthusiasticallyreceived and there are plans to increase
the number of study club locations
to 20.

Section Officers
Chairman:Hans-Peter Weber

Education Delegate:
James Ruskin

Section Administrator:
Thomas Jaberg

The Section decided to hold its next
national congress at the Westin Kierland
resort in Scottsdale Arizona between
April 23 and 24 in 2009.
By the end of 2007, the US Section had
increased the number of its Members
to 590 and 83 Fellows.

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Financial report.
ITI Association
Once again, the ITI’s growth rate in 2007 in terms of membership was very impressive: The num­
ber of members increased by 68%, while the Fellowship base grew by 12%. This, together withthe fact that the annual fees for Fellows were raised in 2007 from 150 Swiss Francs (CHF) to 390,
resulted in a corresponding rise in revenues from membership fees of virtually 100%. Similarly,
the operating costs also almost doubled in comparison to 2006 due to the additional outgoings
necessary to service and manage the increased membership. The ITI Association also made partial
reimbursements to the ITI Foundation in return for its contribution to many membership activi­
ties and products such as the ITI journal Forum Implantologicum, the Annual General Meetingand general administration. In 2007, the ITI Association made an operating profit of CHF 47,000.
ITI Association Financial Statement 2007 1
2007

in CHF
2006

175,132
603,014235
778,381

63,450326,250440
390,140

Total Operating Costs

731,837

458,768

Operating Profit/Loss

46,544–68,628

Revenues
Annual Fellowship Fee, Net
Annual Membership Fee, Net
Other Income
Total Revenues
Costs Excerpt from the financial statements only. The complete financial statements 2007 are available at the
domicile of the ITI Association

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ITI Foundation
In 2007, the ITI Foundation invested more than 14 million Swiss Francs (CHF) towards the promotion
and dissemination of knowledge on all aspects of implant dentistry and related fields by financing activi­
ties and products, mainly in the area of education and research.
In terms of income, there was a considerable increase in additional revenues, mainly from entrance feesto the ITI World Symposium in New York as well as from income related to the ITI Treatment Guide­series.
With CHF 7.4 million or 52%, education made up the biggest part of the total costs. More than half of
this amount was spent on projects and activities related to the World Symposium 2007 in New York.
Other major areas of expenses in the field of education were the ITI Treatment Guide Series, the SAC
Consensus Conference and refinements made to the ITI Knowledge Network. Once again, the ITI experi­
enced strong growth in educational activities in the national Sections, which is also reflected in a 38%­increase of the Section expenses. Almost CHF 3.2 million or 22% of the total expenses were allocated toresearch. Apart from project grants, this amount included the final annual contribution for the ITI ResearchInstitute in Berne, Switzerland. Most expenditure under administration projects went on ITI commu­
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ITI Foundation Financial Statement 2007 1
2007

in CHF
2006

8,922,048
3,144,000
12,066,048

8,394,400
756,292
9,150,692–3,188,081
0–4,549,839
0–1,095,925–1,300,916–27,933–5,016,946–7,441,720–891,218–943,517–42,467–1,816,860–3,694,062

0–63,088

ITI Center
Committees
Board of Directors
Projects
Total General Administration–2,143,840–476,213–338,650–599,463–3,558,166–1,706,054–471,239–236,514–743,525–3,157,332

Total Operating Revenues
Total Operating Costs
Operating Loss

12,066,048–14,187,967–2,121,919

9,150,691–11,464,321–2,313,630

Account

Operating Revenues
Contributions
Other Revenues
Total Operating Revenues
Operating Costs
Research
Development
Education
Scholarships
Sections
Rest of the World
Education Projects
Total Education
Biologics Oversight Group
General Administration Excerpt from the financial statements only. The complete financial statements 2006 are available at the­domicile of the ITI Foundation

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Overview of ITI Foundation Expenses in 2007

g Researchg Educationg ITI Centerg Committees
g Board of Directors
g Projects

3,188,081
7,441,720
2,143,840
476,213338,650
599,463

Total

14,187,967

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

Basel, April 18, 2008

Report of the auditors
As statutory auditors, we have audited the accounting records and the financial statements(balance sheet, statement of operations and notes) of ITI Foundation for the Promotion of Oral
Implantology for the year ended December 31, 2007.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the board of trustees. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We confirm that wemeet the legal requirements concerning professional qualification and independence.
Our audit was conducted in accordance with auditing standards promulgated by the Swiss
profession, which require that an audit be planned and performed to obtain reasonable­assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
We have examined on a test basis evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in thefinancial statements. We have also assessed the accounting principles used, significant­estimates made and the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit­provides a ­reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the accounting records and financial statements comply with Swiss law
as well as with the deed of foundation.
We recommend that the financial statements submitted to you be approved.

Ernst & Young Ltd

		Manuel Aeby				Swiss Certified Accountant			
					

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Markus Kocher
Swiss Certified Accountant(in charge of the audit)To the General Meeting of the Members of
ITI Association, Basel

Basel, April 18, 2008

Report of the auditors
As auditors, we have audited the accounting records and the financial statements(balance sheet and income statement) of ITI for the year ended December 31, 2007.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the board of the association. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these matters based on our audit. We confirm that
we meet the requirements concerning professional qualification and independence.
Our audit was conducted in accordance with auditing standards promulgated by the Swiss
profession, which require that an audit be planned and performed to obtain reasonableassurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
We have examined on a test basis evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in thefinancial statements. We have also assessed the accounting principles used, significant
estimates made and the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit
provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the accounting records and the financial statements comply with Swiss law
and the articles of the association.
We recommend that the financial statements submitted to you be approved.

Ernst & Young Ltd

Manuel Aeby				Swiss Certified Accountant								Markus Kocher
Swiss Certified Accountant(in charge of the audit)		

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Contact
ITI International Team for Implantology
ITI CenterPeter Merian-Weg 10
CH-4052 Basel
Switzerland
Phone +41 (0)61 270 83 83
Fax +41 (0)61 270 83 84
Are you interested in applying for membership, a research grant or scholarship,
or finding out about ongoing events and who’s who in the ITI?
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