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“… to promote and disseminate knowledge on
all aspects of implant dentistry and related tissue
regeneration through research 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 2010, the ITI grew by 1,299 Members
and expanded its Fellows baseto 721.

GlobalFellows & Members
2008

2009

2010

2008

2009

Countries

104

92

96

Fellows

627

676

2010
721

Sections

24

26

26

Members

5,349

6,616

7,915

Total

5,976

7,292

8,636

C ontents
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A leading knowledge provider

6

President’s Report10

ITI Education Core Groupand Education Committee

13

New Fellows

14

ITI Research Committee

16

ITI University Programs
Committee

19

Honorary Fellowship in 201020

ITI Scholarship Committee

22

ITI Section & MembershipCore Group and Committee

26

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48
49

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

54

Contact

32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

Expenditure
The ITI continued to invest in researchand education to a total of more than
18 million Swiss francs.
Expenditure(in CHF 1,000)
ITI Foundation and ITI Association

2008

2009

2010

10,832

12,122

18,51144
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A leading knowledge
prov ider.
On its 30th birthday, the ITI
looks back on three decadesof rapid development in
the field of implant dentistry
and the crystallization of
its role as a leading providerof educational principles
and treatment methods thatare oriented to evidencebased science.

The ITI was founded in 1980
by a small group of like-mindedclinicians, researchers andengineers with a strong interestin the future of the emerging
discipline of implant dentistry.
The initial group of 12 visionary pioneers led by André
Schroeder and Fritz Straumannthat centered around Switzerland and Southern Germany
grew to a multidisciplinary circle of 50 specialists who madea substantial contribution to
the development of the fieldover the years. By the time the
ITI was opened up to broader
participation in 2003, implantdentistry had established itself
as a legitimate and valuable
treatment option. At the endof 2010, the ITI had grown into
a global and dynamic networkof more than 8,600 Fellows
and Members spread throughout almost 100 countries
around the world.
The roots of the ITI aregrounded in the areas of research, development and education. Annually since 1988,
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lion Swiss francs. These funds
go to both ITI-affiliated andnon-affiliated researchers,
wherever the greatest benefit
to implant dentistry can be
seen. Development support
was the ITI’s original raisond’être, but given the progressive tightening and formalization of regulations surrounding
the development of medical
devices, the ITI is no longer as
closely involved in this activity. In recent years the ITI has
shifted its focus to concentrate
the majority of its energy
and resources on educationin various forms and throughvarious channels. And thisis reflected in the structure of
the organization that has alsochanged over the years in order
to best serve the needs of the
field and the ITI’s membership.
The Board of Directors is responsible for strategic decisionmaking and the overall runningof the ITI, while the Section& Membership Committee
takes care of membership value
and internal affairs. The Research Committee evaluates
projects and provides funding
for studies into implant-

dentistry-related fields to avalue of CHF 2.5 million eachyear. The remaining committees – education, University
Programs, and the scholarshipsub-committee – all focus on
different aspects of education.
Their overall work is to shape
the further development of
implant dentistry and of theorganization itself following
the ITI’s Vision 2017 and mission. This is achieved by defining educational principles
and guidelines and providing
mentoring for young professionals in the form of an
opportunity to go abroad asa scholar for a year to an accredited ITI scholarship Center.
The ITI also organizes educational events and provides
tools and materials for the
ITI’s 26 regional and national
sections as well as for professionals at large involved in
the field of implant dentistry.
each of the sections provides
its membership with a framework of educational events,
ranging from informal study
Clubs in small groups tonational congresses that areopen to everyone in order tosupport and develop the skillsof dental professionals. The
organization’s flagship event is
the ITI World symposium, held
every three to four years, thatoffers three days of leadingedge programming dealing withthe topics that are of greatest
interest to the implant dentistry community. A combination of main congress presentations, workshops and smaller
meetings give participants

the chance to put together a
program of activities that best
serves their needs. The ITIWorld symposium in Geneva
in 2010 welcomed more than
4,000 participants who cameto benefit from the experienceof 113 international speakers.
The ITI World symposium
serves as the model for theburgeoning number of national
congresses that are held inintervening years with the aimof disseminating information
at the regional or national level,
typically in each country’s
native language to meet theneeds of a local audience.

with risk assessment according
to a standard categorizationof treatment approaches into
straightforward, advanced andcomplex.
By the end of 2010, the ITI
had increased its membershipfrom 7,289 to 8,636 of whom
721 are Fellows and 7,915
are Members.

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.

In addition to this wide rangeof meetings, the ITI also
provides information in bothprinted and electronic form.
Among them is the very popular ITI Treatment Guide series
that covers both the theoretical and practical aspects ofvarious indications by offering
relevant case studies taking
a step-by-step recipe approach.
This series is acknowledged
as an important reference tool
for practitioners at every
level. Given its valuable content
and the ITI’s mission to disseminate knowledge, in 2010
the ITI Board decided to have
all the volumes starting withvolume 4 translated into sevenadditional core languages.
This series is complemented
by the sAC Classification in Implant dentistry publicationand the accompanying online
risk assessment tool (the latter
available free of charge on
the ITI website) that both deal

Fellows may also serve on the ITI’s committees or Board or take on leadershipfunctions in an ITI section.
ITI Members
The ITI welcomes all dentists, physicians, scientists, certified dental technicians, registered dental hygienists andappropriately qualified professionals
with an interest in implant dentistry as
Members of the organization. Members
enjoy a wide range of benefits that
include valuable reference publications,
regular literature updates, considerably
reduced entrance fees to ITI congresses
and courses, access to study Club
meetings and national section activities
as well as to one of the largest andmost prestigious international academic
networks in implant dentistry.
More information on the ITI
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A mbitious plans –gratifying results.

Characterized by outstanding events, new activities, planningand preparation for the future, 2010 brought the ITI much closer
to its long-term goals.

Daniel Buser

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Pedro BullónSince the Vision 2017 was introduced
in 2007, the strategic work of the ITIBoard has focused on developing andputting measures into place to achieve
our goal of becoming the number 1
international organization for implantdentistry. This work places challenges
in our path, but also brings rewards.
One of the clear challenges for 2010
and 2011 resulted from the decision
to increase Member fees from 150 to300 Swiss francs per year.
Proposing this kind of measure is nottaken lightly. The ITI Board of Directors
took many factors into consideration,
principal among them the cost ofmembership of comparable organizations and the accompanying benefits
offered to the membership. In its entire
history, the ITI has never increased its
Member fee but has, on the other hand,undertaken a wide range of measures
to increase the value of the benefits
offered to Members. This includes
a copy of the latest ITI Treatment Guide
sent to Members free of charge every
year, access to Study Clubs as well as
to the ITInet with its various opportunities for interactive communication at
various level.
Despite the risk of a potential loss ofaround 10 % of Members, it was decided

Stephen Chen

to support this proposal in the knowledge that the increase is justified andthat it underscores our independence
as an academic organization.
As providing membership value
is a central and ongoing concern, the
ITI tackles it from various directions.
As part of a targeted plan to improve
communication, the introductionof the language concept in 2010 has
played an important role in bringing
us closer to our membership. We now
supply selected publications in eightlanguages and have noted how appreciative Fellows and Members are of
the opportunity to access them in theirown language. Despite the significant
administrative and financial investment involved, it is likely that further
languages will be added in future.
2010 was marked by significant allaround growth in the organization.
The primary reason for this was theimplementation of the new ITI Study
Club concept introduced in early 2010.
We set ourselves the goal of a totalof 200 Study Clubs by the end of 2010
and clearly exceeded this figure witha total of 349. The next milestone wasoriginally 500 Study Clubs by the endof 2013, but it looks as if we will actually reach this target before the end

Anthony Dickinson

Hideaki Katsuyama7

of 2011. This broad acceptance signifies
that ITI Study Clubs fulfill a real needby offering yet another channel for
educational activities. In contrast tocongresses, however, these meetings
are informal and promote interactive
discussions in a cozy atmosphere among
Members who live in the same area.
The steady increase in interest in ITIStudy Clubs is a valuable tool towards
growing the organization. The ITI Study
Club Task Force under the leadershipof Luca Cordaro must now nurture andconsolidate growth so that each Study
Club achieves an optimal membershipfigure of between 20 and 30 members
within the next 18 months. This meansthat the ITI’s rapid growth phase islikely to continue until the end of 2012.
Further growth is also likely to result
from a change in the organization ofnational ITI congresses. Until recently,
the ITI was responsible for planning
the scientific content of national ITI
congresses, while Straumann handled
the administration of these events.
As of 2011, the ITI is responsible forboth the scientific and organizational
aspects of each national congress,
including the industry exhibition that
now always accompanies these events.
Planning for 14 congresses in 2011

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began immediately and is being handled
centrally from the ITI Center, which
has expanded its staff in order to deal
with the increased workload. By basing
all future events on the model of the
ITI World Symposium, this move will
enhance ITI brand recognition aroundthe world. Similarly, by organizing theevents centrally in cooperation witheach Section, we will also benefit
from best practices and streamliningof administrative procedures.
2010 was a year in which I personallyspent a great deal of time on the roadvisiting the Sections, talking to theSection Leadership Teams about the
Vision 2017 and listening to their concerns. It is clear to me that the personal
factor is immensely important andthat more can be achieved with theseface-to-face meetings than in a seriesof email exchanges, however efficient.
So I intend to continue visiting Sections
in my remaining two years and talking
to you.
The success of the 2010 World Symposium is a great motivator for all
future events and has set the standard
high for the coming symposium in 2014,
also to be held in Geneva. We managed
to draw more than 4,000 participants
last year and are aiming for 5,000 theHans-Peter Webernext time round. We are slowly adapting
the organization with an eye to the
future. With the expansion of certain
Core Groups and Committees as well as
the proposal to establish two more
standing Committees being put to thevote in 2011, more Fellows are needed
to play an active role within the organization. As some Committee members
step down after their term of officein 2011, we have taken care to ensurethat a number of younger Fellows areamong their replacements and thatthese also include women. I am pleased
to announce that for the first timefrom 2011 the Scholarship Committee
will be chaired by a woman: Professor
Frauke Müller from the Universityof Geneva. As Committee Chair, shewill become the first ever female Board
member in the ITI’s history.
The ITI Board has also undergone somechanges. At the last Annual General
Meeting in Geneva Thomas Straumannleft the ITI Board after more than
20 years and his position as the representative of the Straumann Boardof Directors was taken over by Gilbert
Achermann, previously the representative of Straumann Executive Management. In turn, his position on the ITIBoard was taken over by Straumann
CEO Beat Spalinger.

Gilbert Achermann

We are communicating more actively,
not only internally to our membership, but also externally to generalpractitioners. An image campaign wasplanned in 2010 for launch in 2011that is to appear in key magazines ina number of countries. The aim is
to raise awareness of the ITI and its
activities, telling people who we are.
We have much to be proud of as anorganization and are now taking a morestructured approach to telling dental
professionals about the ITI, what it does
and how it can support them.

ITI Board of Directors
President:
Buser Daniel, Switzerland
Past President:
Weingart Dieter, Germany
Bullón Pedro, Spain
Chen Stephen, Australia
Dickinson Anthony, Australia
Katsuyama Hideaki, Japan
Taylor Thomas, USA
Wahl Gerhard, Germany
Weber Hans-Peter, USA
Achermann Gilbert, Switzerland

I mentioned challenges at the beginning,but there are also rewards: currently
around 200–300 dental professionals
are joining the ITI community every
month. We are growing fast and as wegrow, so does the opportunity to meetand communicate with ever more likeminded professionals around the world.
I will continue to do everything in mypower to support this trend.

Spalinger Beat, Switzerland

Professor Dr. Daniel Buser
ITI President

Beat Spalinger

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ITI EDUC ATION CORE GROUP AND EDUC ATION COMMIT TEE

S triding through a year of firsts
and launches.

Stephen T. Chen, Chairman of the ITI Education Core Group & Committee

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2010 was a year of firsts and launches,
many of which took place during the ITIWorld Symposium in Geneva in April.
As the ITI’s premier event, the ITI World
Symposium broke all previous records
for attendance with the participation of
more than 4,000 visitors.
This was the biggest World Symposium
to date and also the first time thata pre-symposium day was added to theevent schedule. The pre-symposium
day made it possible to focus in depth
on specific topics with six hours oflectures. Two options were provided:a surgical and a restorative/esthetic
program. Both were very popular andwell attended and it is likely thatthey will become a permanent fixture
at future World Symposia. The event
cemented the ITI’s position as a significant provider of education at a global
level.
The World Symposium was chosen as
the launching platform for the new
ITInet – the global online portal for ITI
Fellows and Members. Within a shorttime, it became clear that the ITInet
is an invaluable tool whose manifold
possibilities still remain to be exploited
more completely. Traditional channelsof education delivered via print andlive conferences no longer cover all theneeds of a rapidly growing organization.
Much of the ITI’s membership works
routinely with the computer, using
it not only as a tool for administrative work, but also to support medical
procedures. This new digital platform
provides our Fellows and Members witha range of opportunities to engage indiscussion on scientific and other topics
of interest in the various forums, accessinformation on educational events, andaccess literature reviews. The system
is user friendly and is being extensively
used by the membership.

Also launched during the World Symposium was the SAC Assessment Toolon the ITI’s home page. This tool isbased on the ITI publication “The SAC
Classification in Implant Dentistry”
and takes users through an online risk
assessment evaluation that is provided
free of charge to the dental community.
Since then the SAC Tool has also beenlaunched on the ITInet with the added
advantage of allowing Fellows andMembers to generate PDFs of their risk
assessment that can be filed with thepatient dossier. Plans are also underway to make it available as an iPad app.
Feedback has been received that many
dental schools use the SAC Assessment
Tool as part of their teaching programfor risk assessment of cases. Providing
free access to this tool is a testimony
to the ITI’s commitment to the medical
dental community and patients.

ITI Education Core Group
Chairman:Chen Stephen T., Australia
Cordaro Luca, Italy (until November)
Jensen Simon Storgård, Denmark
Katsuyama Hideaki, Japan
Kleinheinz Johannes, Germany
Polido Waldemar, Brazil
Ruskin James D., USA
Stillwell Charlotte, UK
Wismeijer Daniel, Netherlands
Homm Michael, Switzerland

The new ITI Study Club concept was
accepted following a proposal madeduring the committee meetings held
immediately before the World Symposium. This proposal was then systematically developed and applied in all the
Sections around the world throughout
the year. The Study Clubs serve as
an additional channel for educationthat is carried out within smallergroups. The Study Clubs provide
a forum for case presentations anddiscussions, and also for rapid dissemination of new information throughthe organization. The Education CoreGroup has undertaken to provide
lecture templates on specific topics.
For 2011 the topics are the bone level
implant versus tissue level implants,
and sinus floor elevation procedures –the subject of Volume 5 of the ITI Treatment Guide series.
The fourth volume of the ITI Treatment
Guide series was published according11

to plan in 2010 and work continued on
Volume 5. Volume 5 is breaking new
ground with the addition of a DVD containing a series of short films that show
various techniques and situations toaccompany the volume that focuses onsinus level augmentation.
Near the end of the year, the second
part of the Speaker Library Review took
place. This library is dedicated to ITI
Speakers and supports them in gathering information for use in their teaching activities. This online information
resource now contains more than
100 topics. A federated search tool provides speakers with the latest literaturereferences from a number of different
sources. The work updating the libraryhas been finished and is to be finetuned and consolidated before being
uploaded – this will take place by thethird quarter of 2011.
A final and significant change, interms of education delivery, is the shiftof administrative responsibility for thenational congresses into the handsof the ITI. To manage the extra workload, the ITI Center increased its events
management team and the Education
Core Group is now more closely involved in the congress organization process. The national congresses are beingorganized by each Section together
with the ITI Center and the major roleof the Education Core Group is to provide support and oversight. Preparation
began in 2010 for 14 national congresses in 2011. Guidelines have been
provided to help the Sections, but
at the same time innovative approaches
are encouraged to make congresses
as attractive and interesting as possible.
The ITI Code of Conduct ensures that
all Speakers who participate in ITI
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this is not the case. Similarly any commercial interests must be declared inorder to avoid any bias in the interpretation and presentation of material.
The scope of projects and responsibilities of the Education Core Group havegrown considerably over recent years,
as have the number of Sections andmembership. In order to better meetthe organization’s needs, the Education
Core Group welcomed an additional
three members at the end of 2010.
Simon Jensen, who came from the University Programs Committee, Waldemar
Polido, and Charlotte Stillwell will besupporting the Education Core Group’s
efforts. At the same time, Luca Cordaro
left the group to lead the newly formed
Study Club Task Force.
OutlookA very broad range of projects waslaunched in 2010 and these must now
be developed as far as possible in orderto clear the way for the next ITI Consensus Conference that will take place
in Bern, Switzerland in August 2013,
followed by the ITI World Symposiumthat will take place once again in
Geneva in April 2014.

NEW FELLOWS

F ellows form the central core of the I T I
and may be called on to serv e on C ommittees
and shape the future of the organiz ation.

In 2010, the ITI Board of Directors approved the nomination of 56 Fellows from 19 countries who meet
the ITI’s requirements. As the ITI continues to grow, more Fellows are needed to take an active rolein running the organization at a local and global level. The ITI welcomes all the new Fellows to its global
community.
A: Andersen Erik, Denmark / Andric Miroslav, Serbia / Ballo Ahmed, Sweden B: Becerra Claudio, Argentina /Behrens Eleonore, Germany / Benic Goran, Switzerland / Bergkvist Göran, Sweden / Bilhan Hakan, Turkey /Bourdin David, France C: Charbit Yves, France / Chrabieh Emile, Lebanon D: Drobyshev Alexey, Russia
E: Eitner Stephan, Germany F: Fábregues Llambias Sebastian, Spain / Friedmann Anton, Germany /Fukuoka Yukinobu, Japan H: Hakki Sema, Turkey / Hamill James, United Kingdom / Hayashi Hidekazu,
Japan I: Iglhaut Gerhard, Germany J: Jurisic Milan, Serbia K: Karayazgan Banu, Turkey / Kokat Ali,
Turkey / Kulakov Oleg, Russia / Kuru Bahar Eren, Turkey L: Lack Jonathan, United Kingdom /Lavery Kenneth, United Kingdom M: Magnin Pierre, Switzerland / Maia Maria Luiza, Brazil / Martínez Jorge,
Mexico / Mezzomo Luís André, Brazil / Morinaga Futoshi, Japan N: Närhi Timo, Finland O: Ozkan Yasar,
Turkey P: Paatsama Juha, Finland / Peev Stefan, Bulgaria / Penaud Jacques, France R: Raphael Elian,
United Arab Emirates / Rimmer Antoine, France / Rios Santos Jose Vicente, Spain S: Sanz Casado Jose,
Spain / Schneider David, Switzerland / Schramm Alexander, Germany / Schwarz Frank, Germany / Scolozzi
Paolo, Switzerland / Siu Gerald, Hong Kong / Sosa Federico, Argentina T: Tammisalo Tapio, Finland /Thoma Daniel, Switzerland / Todorovic Ljubomir, Serbia / Torassa Daniel, Argentina / Tumini Aldo, Argentina
V: Visuttiwattanakorn Surakit, Thailand W: Wolfart Stefan, Germany Y: Yaman Duygu, Turkey
Z: Zitzmann Nicola, Switzerland

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ITI RESE ARCH COMMIT TEE

P romoting progress in
implant dentistry.

Thomas D. Taylor, Chairman of the ITI Research Committee

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In 2010, the ITI Research Committee
received 66 applications for research
grants, 38 were for small grants while
the remaining 28 were for clinical orlaboratory research grants. The number
of applications increased slightly overthe previous year and the highest
number of applications came from
Germany, USA and China, respectively.
After reviewing all the applications andthen discussing the resulting ratings
at two meetings in May and November,the Research Committee awarded justunder 30 grants with a budget of approximately CHF 2.5 million. The grants
went to academic and other institutionsin Brazil, Canada, China, Germany,
Italy, Korea, Netherlands, Switzerland,
Turkey and the USA. In terms of theapplications, the top three areas ofresearch this year were bone augmentation, metabolism and implants,
followed by implant/tissue interface
and finally risk factors for dental
implants.
Since 1988, the ITI has been supporting
research projects around the world
with the aim of enhancing the level ofevidence-based knowledge in the fieldof implant dentistry and is generally
recognized as the largest international
non-governmental provider of research
grants for implant dentistry. The ITI
offers two types of grant: small grants
with a value of up to CHF 50,000 mainly
for younger researchers and newer
investigators and clinical or laboratory
research grants with a value of up
to CHF 200,000 for experienced researchers and research teams.
Applications for grants are invited fromresearchers worldwide, membershipof the ITI is not a prerequisite. All applications are reviewed by the ITI ResearchCommittee according to four criteria:• Relevance to current clinical issues
in implant dentistry• Hypothesis and methods described• Experience of the researchers,
academic affiliation and research
conditions available• Clearly and realistically formulated
budgetITI Research Committee
Chairman:
Taylor Thomas D., USA
Belser Urs, Switzerland
Bosshardt Dieter, Switzerland
Cochran David L., USA
Hammerle Christoph, Switzerland
Reichert Torsten, Germany

If all four points are satisfied, projects
have a high possibility of being selected
and applicants are normally informed
within four weeks of the Committee
meeting that takes place in May andNovember of each year. If applications
are optimally prepared and comply
with the above criteria, they may beunconditionally accepted, however,it may be necessary to make revisions
to the budget or according to specified
criteria.
In recent years, the number of applicants for research grants has risen,
as has the quality of the applications
and the competition for grants andthe ITI’s limited budget has accordingly
become much harder. To maximize
the chances of success, applicants areencouraged to read through the requirements very carefully and complete
the online application form exactly as
requested.

Sándor George, Canada
Seto Kanichi, Japan
Terheyden Hendrik, Germany
Appert Christoph, Switzerland

2010 Research applications and grants
Applications received

66

Applications accepted

34

Total grants*

2.619* in CHF million

André Schroeder Research Prize
The ITI is pleased to announce thatit has taken over full responsibility forsponsoring, selecting and presenting
the annual André Schroeder ResearchPrize as of 2011. As well as prize moneyof CHF 20,000, this award also carries
considerable prestige within the scientific community. The award is presented
each year at one of the ITI’s national
congresses. For more information

As a general principle, the ResearchCommittee will only accept applications
from researchers who are affiliated toan academic institution. However,exceptions may be made for projects
that show particular relevance. Oncea grant has been awarded, the firstnamed applicants must wait a periodof three years before applying fora further ITI grant.

on the André Schroeder Research Prize,
go to the ITI website at: www.iti.org.

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ITI UNIVER SIT Y PROGR AMS COMMIT TEE

F ulfilling an urgent
educational need.

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

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As a relatively recent addition to the
ITI’s range of educational activities,
the University Program courses are stillin the phase of establishing themselves in their various locations and are
already showing excellent results. At
the moment, there are few institutionsin the field that provide week-longlongitudinal courses and, with its seven
Centers of Excellence that provide
Education Weeks, the ITI’s University
Program is fulfilling an urgent educational need.
The University Programs were established in 2009 in order to respondto the need for neutral education in
implant dentistry delivered by providers
who are unbiased and also have extensive and solid experience in the fieldof education. The ITI believes thatby working together with selected
universities it can deliver targeted andreliable evidence-based education toa broader audience.
Much implant education is currently
supplied by implant manufacturers andwhile there is no doubt about theircapabilities in product training, there
is always a question of the degreeof focus and priorities in terms of broad
implant dentistry education. In many
countries a move is being made to disallow education credit awards deliveredby company courses and companies are
already approaching academic institutions in order to find a viable solution.
The ITI bases its teaching on principles
oriented to evidence-based results
and the findings of the ITI Consensus
Conferences. The latter provide a solid
foundation and a consistent message
that runs through all the organization’s
educational work.

A number of universities were initiallyinvited to apply as Centers of Excellencein Implant Education and seven are
currently working with the ITI on providing ITI Education Weeks. This is a format with which the ITI is very familiar,
thanks to a long and successful historyof ITI Education Weeks at the Universityof Bern. Education Weeks deliver a very
attractive course offering in the formof traditional lectures, observationof live treatment and hands-on work.
Each of the Centers that cooperate with
the ITI has an ITI Fellow in place as
the head of a department or clinic. This
ensures that the ITI philosophy andprinciples are respected during teaching. The Centers are located in Bern
(Switzerland), Boston (USA), Hong Kong
(PR China), London (UK), Melbourne(Australia), Stuttgart (Germany) andToronto (Canada).

ITI University Programs Committee
Chairman:Weber Hans-Peter, USA
Donos Nikolaos, UK
Heitz-Mayfield Lisa, Australia
Jensen Simon Storgård, Denmark(until November)
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,
Hong Kong, SAR PR China• University College of London,

Any institutions invited to apply asa Center of Excellence by the University
Programs Committee must demonstrate they have an established trackrecord in continuing education withcertification to issue CE credits. An
experienced ITI Fellow must head
the applying department or clinic whichmust also have the necessary infrastructure to provide live surgeries,
prosthetics and hands-on workshops.

Eastman Dental Institute & Hospital,
London, UK• University of Melbourne,
Melbourne Dental School, Melbourne,
Australia• Klinikum Stuttgart, KatharinenHospital, Department for Oral-,
Maxillo- and Facial Plastic Surgery,
Center of Implant Dentistry,
Stuttgart, Germany• Bloorview Kids Rehab/Universityof Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Further Centers are under discussion
as is the principle of offering courses
in English only. When choosing thelocation for a Center, not only the institution’s academic track record counts.
It is advantageous for the Center to besituated in an attractive city in orderto balance out the intense days of study.
Thought is being given to broadening
the geographic range of the Centers
and it would no doubt be valuable
to have a stronger presence in Latin
America or Asia, where the week would17

be conducted in the local language.
The same would apply to Italy, as a possible further location within Europe.
Feedback from the Education Weeks
so far is very positive and on the ITIneta lively exchange can be followed
between those who would like to takea course and those who have alreadyattended one. Word of mouth continues
to be the best form of advertising for
the Education Weeks.
When selecting an Education Week
it is important to study each Center’s
requirements. While around 50 percentof course content is similar for all
Centers, the remaining 50 percent varies depending on the faculty and their
specialization. This means that between the Centers a good balance of
prosthetically, surgically and researchoriented Education Weeks is provided.
To date, six of the seven Centers haveheld Education Weeks and the seventhin Melbourne will hold its first Education Week in 2012 when the new infrastructure is ready.
Over time, more universities will be
invited to apply to become a Centerof Excellence and any institution thatwould like to be considered should
ensure that an ITI Fellow is on site andthat teaching is in line with the ITI
philosophy. It is not simply a questionof qualifications, but also of mindset.
For universities, this kind of partnershipis very advantageous given that the ITICenter handles all the administrative
details and any revenue goes back into
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Different formats are being discussed,
such as modular courses over one year
or mini-residency courses, but thesewill be explored in more detail once the
ITI Education Weeks have establishedthemselves more permanently in theirvarious locations.
Near the end of 2010, the Committee
underwent an internal change. Simon
Storgård Jensen moved to the Education
Core Group and will be replaced by
Ingrid Grunert from Austria in 2011.

HONOR ARY FELLOWS

H onorary F ellowshipin 2 0 1 0 .
Over the years, a number of Fellows have distinguished themselves within
the organization by their strong dedication not only to the ITI but also to the fieldof implant dentistry as a whole. By 2009, eight men had earned this honor
over the ITI’s more-than-30-year history: Wilfried Schilli, Franz Sutter,
Robert Schenk, Samuel Steinemann, Erik Hjørting-Hansen, Gisbert Krekeler,
Niklaus Lang and Chris ten Bruggenkate.

In 2010, Professor Yoshikazu Soejima
from Japan was also awarded this honor
during the Annual General Meeting
to the great pleasure of his colleagues
from the Section and the ITI Fellows.
Sadly only two months later, Professor
Soejima passed away after along battlewith cancer.
Professor Soejima’s connection to the
ITI goes back to 1984 when he attended
a conference at which Professor André
Schroeder made the keynote speech.
This first meeting with Professor
Schroeder was instrumental in shaping
Professor Soejima’s career. As a result
he became a lifelong Member andFellow of the ITI and when the Japanese
ITI Section was established in 1999,
Professor Soejima became its firstchairman. He also founded the Kyushu

Implant Research Group (KIRG) – a groupthat has been making great contributions to the development of implantdentistry in Japan for more than
25 years.
Along the way, Professor Soejima
published a teaching volume on theprinciples and practices of Straumannimplants which was translated into
several languages and became the mostfrequently referred to reference workon implant dentistry in Japan. He had
a lively and continuous exchangewith ITI Fellows from all over the world
and remained throughout his life
a teacher, lecturer and researcher who
was dedicated to furthering progressin implant dentistry.

Geneva 2010: ITI President DanielBuser awards Professor Soejima an ITI
Honorary Fellowship

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ITI SCHOL AR SHIP COMMIT TEE

B roadening professionaland cultural horiz ons.

Hans-Peter Weber, Chairman of the ITI Scholarship Committee

Established in 1998, the ITI Scholarshipprogram has played a significant rolein disseminating evidence-based knowledge in the field of implant dentistry.
The ITI is unique in annually awarding
up to 25 Scholarships of CHF 40,000
to young clinicians from all over theworld to spend a year at one of the ITI’s
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The ITI Board took a decision to increase the number of ITI Scholarships
per year from 20 to 25. With three
new ITI Scholarship Centers approvedin 2010 – in Belgrade, Boston, andLouisville – the total now comes to 20.
New Centers are continuously underdiscussion with the aim of improving
global penetration. The aim of the
Scholarship program is to offer young
clinicians an enriching educational
experience in a different country

in order to broaden their horizons
at both a cultural and professional level.
There is normally also an opportunity
to teach, a valuable experience thathelps Scholars decide whether they may
be suited to an academic lifestyle.
Ideally Scholars return to their country
after the Scholarship year, having
learned new approaches and techniquesand having also significantly expanded
their network of personal and professional contacts. The ITI is particularly
well disposed to those clinicians who
would like to contribute in the fieldof education, so that everything theylearn can later be passed on within theirown country.
Each year, up to 200 clinicians apply
for 25 places – the application process
may only be completed and submitted
online. Each candidate must nametwo ITI Scholarship Centers and there
are 20 to choose from. The ITI Scholarship Committee then goes througha complex ranking process to select the
top 35 candidates, matching 25 of them
to a Center that corresponds to theirinterests and needs.
As the ITI is interested in creating thefoundations for a long-term relationship with each Scholar, a decision was
taken in 2010 to offer all ITI Scholars
free membership of the ITI for the duration of the Scholarship year. This gives
Scholars the opportunity to attend
Section and Study Club meetings aswell as benefiting from reduced entry
to ITI congresses and other educational
events. At the end of the year, each
Scholar should have a clear understanding of the ITI, its aims and principles
and feel that he or she has become partof a larger community. Many of the“pioneer” Scholars from the late 90s
are now Fellows and active within theorganization, some on ITI committees
and others on ad hoc committees
or in working groups to help shape thefuture of implant dentistry.

ITI Scholarship Committee
Chairman:Weber Hans-Peter, USA
Alcoforado Gil, Portugal

Outgoing Chairman
2010 was my last full year as Chairmanof the ITI Scholarship Committee, andI am very pleased that Prof. Frauke
Müller from Geneva has agreed to takeover this role after the 2011 AGM in
Barcelona. I have been privileged to see
the continued development of a program that was already well establishedwhen I took over from Erik HjørtingHansen.

Hjørting-Hansen Erik, Denmark
Lang Niklaus, Hong Kong
Tsai Alex, Taiwan
Matter Sandro, Switzerland

I want to express my gratitude to mycommittee members and to the members of the staff at the ITI Center for
their diligent work: a special mention
must go to Professors Erik HjørtingHansen and Klaus Lang, who are stepping down from the Scholarship Committee after many years of service.
Both were instrumental in the creationof the ITI Scholarship Program in thelate 90s. The work with this Committee
has been a rewarding experience forme, and I am pleased to see how the
program has grown over the past four
years as a result. We have been able
to add Centers and increase the numberof Scholars without compromising thequality of the program. The Scholarship Program is one with immense value
to the individuals selected by helping
these young clinicians develop theircareer. They benefit greatly fromthe guidance of experienced mentors
at an international level. The programis equally valuable for the ITI as anorganization in that individuals can be
identified, who will later be closely
involved in the ITI’s work to promote
the dissemination of knowledge on
implant dentistry.

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ITI SEC TION & MEMBER SHIP CORE GROUP AND COMMIT TEE

S erv ing the needsof a growing network.

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

The work of the Section & MembershipCore Group is decisive in ensuring thatthe benefits enjoyed by each Fellow andMember are protected and enhanced,
but also conversely that Fellows, primarily, are aware of their responsibilities
towards the organization.
As an organization the ITI is very Felloworiented. Fellows are responsible forrunning the organization both at a strategic and project level. The processof nominating Fellows, therefore, is of
crucial importance to the ITI’s future.
And nomination is an area that demands a significant part of the Section& Membership Core Group’s attention.
Much time was spent in 2010 onclarifying the process and communicating the resulting information to
the Sections.
Since the organization has grown so
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ITI Section & Membership Core Group
Chairman:
Wahl Gerhard, Germany
Barter Stephen, UK
Beagle Jay, USA
Bullón Pedro, Spain
Dickinson Anthony, Australia
Roccuzzo Mario, Italy
Molnar Andy, Switzerland

feasible for each nominee to be known
to the Core Group. When the CoreGroup reviews and evaluates Fellowship nominations, it typically has only
the paperwork submitted with thenomination at its disposal. It is therefore important for nominators to understand the responsibility they carry andto ensure that all the necessary information is available and that the process
has been followed correctly.
The letter written by nominators andthe two supporting letters are instrumental in providing information on
the candidate and explaining why thisperson should be considered for fellowship. It is also important that each
Section Leadership Team is informed ofnominations for the Section to ensurethat cooperation among the Fellows
operates optimally. This is particularly
significant in cases where a candidate
is nominated from outside the Section
and is not known to the LeadershipTeam.
The other document that supports theSection & Membership Core Group inits decision-making process is the levelof activity form that accompanies eachnomination. In 2010 there were stillfour areas of interest to the ITI andnominees were required to show a highlevel of activity in at least two: research,development, education and leadership.
For ITI Members in private practice,
the two areas in which there is thegreatest possibility of demonstrating
activity are education and leadership.
Importantly, leadership refers not only
to activities within the ITI but also
to any positions in professional organizations or institutions. All of theserequirements, when fulfilled, serve
to provide the ITI with a core of Fellows
who are active and dedicated to making
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its objectives and implant dentistry
as a whole.
The other key area of responsibility for
the Section & Membership Core Groupis annual Section budgeting. In 2010,
the premise of a ceiling budget represented by the best part of the amount
generated from membership for each
Section was introduced. This offers
Sections a realistic limit according towhich they can shape their annual
budget. This approach might appear tofavor established Sections with more
Fellows and Members, but the introduction last year of the ITI Study Clubs withan independent budget offers smaller
Sections the possibility to gather more
Members via active efforts to establish
more Study Clubs around the country.
In countries without a Section, Study
Clubs now represent a valuable route
via which a nucleus of Fellows andMembers with shared objectives canbe built up as a prelude to establishinga Section. Given the commitment oftime and effort necessary to set up andrun Study Clubs, they serve as an indicator of the level of interest in a country for the ITI and its goals. Once a degree of momentum has been achieved,
members of the Section & MembershipCore Group or the ITI Board are happy
to visit the group and offer support
in the form of coaching. A number ofcountries took advantage of this offer
last year and small Sections in particular can often benefit from external
support at the right moment or if issues
are present.
We offer the Sections support in theform of a standardized Section handbook with financial and other guidelines. We also realize, however, that the
handbook cannot take account of all
cultural factors that may make it un-realistic to implement certain guidelines
in the same way everywhere. Feedback
from the Sections either directly via
the Section Chairmen at our annual
Section & Membership Committee
meeting is important so that the CoreGroup is aware of any obstacles ordifficulties. The meeting is also used
to pass on decisions made by the CoreGroup to be implemented within the
Sections. A series of discussions lastyear was responsible for a change
in reimbursement policy by which all
Fellows are now reimbursed for traveland overnight accommodation to one
Section meeting per year. Similarly
the less popular decision to increase
Member fees is also based on discussion
and reflection and we are seeing that,apart from the anticipated member
fluctuation, membership figures
actually continue to increase by around
100 new Members each month.
Change is a constant companion to
the development of our organization.
We continue to grow and make useof measures such as the ITI Study Clubs
to raise awareness of the organization.
In the field, the ITI and its achievements are still a fairly well-kept secretthat we are taking steps to communicate to our target community. The
latest image campaign in key journals
is just one of the ways in which weare approaching this task.

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Reaching out
to the profession.
The success of an organization can be judged by its
growing membership figures,
which reflect the goals of
the organization and how
well it is achieving them. The
ITI’s goals are encapsulated
in its mission statement:“to promote and disseminate
knowledge on all aspects of
implant dentistry and related
tissue regeneration throughresearch and education to
the benefit of the patient.”

Today, the emphasis of the
ITI’s activities has shifted tofocus more squarely on education as the most direct way ofachieving a higher level of predictable outcomes for patients
as well as quality assurance
among practitioners. This entails reaching out to practitioners, communicating the
ITI’s principles and philosophy,
and ensuring that a broad
range of educational materials
and activities are available
to them in varying formats tomeet their needs.
Many countries today demandthat their dental practitioners
show evidence of continuing
education that is normallymeasured in credits on an annual basis. The ITI organizes abroad range of activities, fromnational and international
congresses, and education
weeks to courses and study
clubs that all provide practitioners with different approaches
to enhancing their knowledge
and skills while increasingly
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This blend of activities forboth small and large groups
in a formal or informal setting provide for listening andobservation through to interactive and hands-on activities. The variety of available
formats responds to the very
differing needs that individuals have in terms of absorbing
new information as well as thedifferent levels of informationthat are required. To support
this overall offering, the ITI
has taken an active approachto speaker development by
providing courses within the
country sections to hone theskills of ITI speakers and also
by setting up a regular review
system for all ITI-approved
speakers to ensure consistent
standards of quality.

ing to cases from daily practiceand tap the concentrated expertise that is available there
from all over the world. The
ITInet also provides a wealthof administrative tools such as
membership registration that
contribute to the smooth running of the ITI’s activities.
The ITI is dedicated to advancing and spreading scientifically-based knowledge inthe field of implant dentistry.
Through its long-term strategy
and using various educational
approaches, it strives to keep
raising the standard of implantdentistry around the world
according to the ITI’s principleof evidence-based treatment
approaches.

In addition to interactive
meetings and events, the ITI
also provides different categories of tools and materials
that can be used for reference,such as its series of stepby-step ITI Treatment Guide
publications, the sAC Classification in Implant dentistry
publication and its interactive
online partner, the sAC Assessment Tool. With the recent
launch of the ITInet, Fellows
and Members now also havethe opportunity to communicate securely, on an individual
basis, within the section or
on a global basis via the dedicated electronic platform. The
various ITInet forums make itpossible for users to consult
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ITI Study Clubs

The concept of study clubs
is not new, particularly in thefield of dentistry. It represents an approach to learning
through presentations anddiscussion in relatively small
groups. This is an ideal setting in which questions canbe raised, opinions sought
and solutions found to issues
from daily practice.
The ITI has a well developed
tradition of Study Clubs that
extends back to the late
1990s. Switzerland was one of
the first countries within the
ITI to implement formal Study
Club meetings on a regularbasis. Over time, other country
Sections introduced their own
Study Club schemes, oftenwith very differing formats
and programs, but always withthe aim of supporting continuing education. Since 2010, ITI
Study Clubs are enjoying a
new lease of life following thedevelopment of a standardized
concept that applies to thewhole organization.

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This new concept is based on
the idea of the Study Clubas the ideal structure for topdown systematic dissemination of information to reach
ITI Fellows and Members allover the world.
Planning and organization of
the Study Clubs began directly
after the ITI World Symposium in Geneva in April 2010
and already by the end of theyear 349 ITI Study Clubs had
registered and were offeringa program for the coming year
comprising more than 1,200
Study Club evenings.
The format for each Study
Club – which is open to all ITI
Fellows and Members and partof their membership packageof benefits – consists of three
to four meetings a year. An
outside Speaker can be invited
to one or two evenings topresent information based on
the latest projects or publications.

on the remaining evenings,
participants are offered theopportunity to discuss aspectsof treatment planning, procedures, and handling of complications as well as aspects
of practice management
and building. Practitioners
benefit from a dynamic sourceof theoretical and practicalinformation that is deliveredby their peers.
As a tool, study Clubs respondto a need that cannot be fulfilled by any other channel ofcommunication. They represent an efficient platformfrom which to disseminate andexchange information on thelatest developments in implant dentistry. The informality
and ease of communication
facilitate open discussion in
a way that a Q & A session at alarge congress cannot. Thanks
to their relatively small size,
the study Clubs promote networking among practitioners
from the same city or region,
who otherwise often workin isolation. A study Club evening is also an excellent place
for practitioners to work on
their skills as speakers. And
the familiarity that develops
over time also fosters trust in
regard to discussing current
issues and concerns from theworkplace and exchanging
ideas.
overall, ITI study Clubs are avalue-adding proposition to ITI
membership. They ensure thatparticipants stay up to dateon new developments, offer
Ce credits wherever possible
and applicable, and promotea sense of belonging to themuch broader ITI community.

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Communicating
through congresses

The ITI has been reaching out
to professionals in the field
via its congresses since the1980s. What started out as alocal meeting for professionals
primarily in Switzerland soonturned into an international
event – the ITI World Symposium – attracting ever larger
numbers of participants. The
latest ITI World Symposiumin Geneva in April 2010 drew
more than 4,000 professionals.
At the heart of every ITI World
Symposium is the concept ofevidence-based science thatruns through the presentationsdelivered by international
opinion leaders and decision
makers in the field. This event
has built itself a reputation
throughout the implant dentistry community for deliveringscience and innovation, without shying away from examining complications, risks andfailures as a valuable source ofknowledge and potential for
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Over the years, the formatof the ITI World Symposium hasdeveloped to offer its participants the broadest choice ofmaterial. Pre-program parallelsessions in 2010 made it possible to focus on two specialist
areas and the number oflimited attendance sessions
during the main congress
program also increased fromthree to four per session.
As a result, the number of
Speakers at each World Symposium is now routinely over
100 with simultaneous translation into 12 languages. For
the first time in 2010, an
industry exhibition also accompanied the event, giving
participants the opportunity to
see and experience the latest
innovations in the field.

2010 also marked the handover to the ITI of full administrative responsibility forthe running of national ITI
congresses, in addition
to its role as Scientific Program organizer. These are tofollow the World Symposium
model along with an industry
exhibition. They also represent
the uniting aspect of the ITI’s
Vision 2017 that is guiding
the organization into the futurewith the aim of making the
ITI the premier international
association for implant dentistry. Central coordination of
the national congresses fromthe ITI Center in Basel takes
advantage of best practices
for streamlining administrative
tasks and allows the organization to present the same facewherever in the world a congress takes place. Planning for
14 national ITI congresses in2011 began in 2010.

Quality in deliveryof education

Being active in education
by organizing meetings andevents is one aspect of theequation; providing a framework of requirements to become an ITI Speaker as well as
support towards the development of presentation skills
and content are equally important to the final quality ofeducation delivered on behalfof the ITI.
With the idea of a more consistent approach to ITI speakerselection and development,
in 2010 the ITI began to reengineer its speaker approval
process. All those who lecture
on behalf of the ITI carry a
responsibility to accurately
represent the organization’s
principles and philosophy,
in particular by drawing on
evidence-based results as thebasis for their presentations.

The new speaker process –launched in mid-2011 – takes
potential speakers throughan approval process in whichevidence has to be shownof a continuing high level ofactivity in terms of lecturing
activities both for the ITI
and beyond.
The ITI demands high standards of those who speak on
its behalf, in return the organization offers various tools
to support the work of these
speakers as well as speaker
development activities tofurther develop practical skills
in areas such as photography
and presentation software.
Among the tools available
is the ITI speaker Library. Thishas been thoroughly revisedover the last two years following consensus meetings toreview current literature fora wide range of topics and subtopics and to provide reference
questions and answers.

In addition to this source of
information, there is a cluster
search that scans internal andexternal sources of information to cluster the results byselected key terms. Additional
filters can be set to limit the
search as required, for example, to comparative studies
or clinical trials only. As partof the speaker Tools, there
is an extensive image librarycomprising illustrations fromall the ITI Treatment Guides,
Glossary of Maxillofacial
Implants as well as productimages, implant outlines andmodifiable graphics available
for use in the preparationof presentations.

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A rgentine S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Gustavo Marion

Education Delegate:
Martha María
Theodorou
Study Club Coordinator:
Santiago Caram

Section Administrator:

In 2010, the Argentine Section achieved
some significant goals, repositioning
the Section with a more international
outlook. In May, the Section participated with Brazil and Mexico in a Regional Section meeting held in Salvador
da Bahia, Brazil. The aim of the meeting was to increase the interaction,
participation and knowledge exchange
between the three Sections and spreadthe ITI philosophy throughout thecontinent. Feedback from the meeting
was very positive and the event will
be repeated.

Pablo Turek

Two of the Section’s Fellows took an
active part in the ITI World Symposiumin Geneva in April. Diego Bechelli
lectured at a pre-Symposium session,
while Santiago Caram was singled out
as the winner of the Research competition for his study entitled: “Radiographic evaluation of crestal bone loss
with different implant interfaces ina canine model.”The Section’s first national congress
entitled “Keys to Simplify Implantology”
was held in September and was highly
successful. It drew more than 600
participants who came to listen to theinternational team of lecturers: Urs
Belser, German Gallucci, Javier Fabrega,
Luca Cordaro, Matteo Chiapasco andDaniel Wismeijer. The event provokeda great deal of interest among the local
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A chance to present their own cases
was welcomed by the Members at the
12 Study Club events that took placearound the country. The Section is
working on increasing the number ofStudy Clubs for the coming year. The
three Section meetings in 2010 were
held in Mendoza, Córdoba and Rosario.
Plans are underway to include cities
further north and south in order tomake contact with more dentists
around the country. The Section is also
continuing to work closely with neighbor Uruguay and hopes one day to beable to merge the two countries in one
Section. At one of the meetings, elections were held for new Section Officers
and thanks went to Enrique Fernandez
Boderau (Chairman) and Jean-PaulMartinet (Education Delegate) for thefine work they had done in laying
the foundations for the Section andthen developing it.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
18 Fellows and more than doubled
the number of its Members from 110
to 232.

A ustralasian S ection
Continued growth and providing more
implant dentistry educational events
throughout the country remain theprincipal goals of the Australasian Section. Potential new Speakers for theSection are also being sought to support those goals.
With ITI education as the main focus,
the Section spent time developing educational channels and activities in 2010.
During the year the Section held threesurgical and 11 restorative courses aswell as one course on maintenance careand the management of peri-implantdiseases. The number of Study Clubs
was expanded and 18 Study Club events
took place in total. Christopher Evans
was elected as Study Club Coordinatorin order to manage further development of Study Clubs within the Section.

As a new type of educational eventfor the Section, the Education Day
at the end of October was a great success. Held at Werribee Mansion near
Melbourne, 10 ITI Speakers were invited
to make presentations on a rangeof topics including: advances in diagnostics, treatment planning options,
surgical placement protocols, prosthetic
management and implant complications.
By the end of 2010, the numberof Fellows stayed constant at 25, while
the number of Members increased
from 485 to 580.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Stephen Chen

Education Delegate:
Lisa Heitz-Mayfield

Study Club Coordinator:
Christopher Evans

Section Administrator:
Angela YoungThe ITI national congress took placeat the end of July in Perth, Western
Australia. Guest speakers at the conference were Maurício Araújo from Brazil
and Rino Burkhardt from Switzerland.
The congress was followed by a Speaker
Development day at which four new
Speakers were welcomed to the Section.
One of the very useful presentations
during the meeting was on communication skills and ensuring that thedesired message comes across. The
meeting was devoted to new online
developments related primarily
to the ITInet, such as the ITI Global
Forum, ITI Speaker Library and ITI
Speaker Tools as well as the SAC Assessment Tool.

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A ustrian S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Ingrid Grunert

Education Delegate:
Alexander Gaggl

Study Club Coordinator:
Ingrid Grunert

Section Administrator:
Christian Essl

At the Leadership Meeting held in
Geneva in April, the Section decided todirect its efforts towards establishing
Study Clubs around the country in order
to attract new Members. Six Study
Club meetings were held around thecountry in 2010. The Section’s annual
meeting was held in Vienna in September at which Heinz Kniha gave a presentation on “Dental zirconia ceramic
implants – a new era in implant dentistry?” Throughout the year 11 training
courses were held as well as two digital
photography courses in Salzburg and
Linz both presented by Dr. Bengel.
In addition, one Speaker Development
seminar also took place in Salzburg.

The Section has plans to establish five
new Study Clubs in 2011.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
14 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 75 to 81.

B elgian S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Geert Orbie

Education Delegate:
Didier Blase

Study Club Coordinator:

The Section launched and extended
various educational activities in 2010.
As part of its ITI education program,the Section held several theme nights
as well as an ITI night to present the ITI
to non-ITI Members who are unfamiliar
with the organization. During the year,
a number of Study Clubs were established in different parts of the country
and were greeted very positively.

Stefan Matthijs(Flemish)Didier Eycken(French)Section Administrator:
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A scientific program committee wascreated to prepare for the 2011 Benelux
ITI congress to be held in cooperation
with the Dutch Section in Amsterdam.
Two Section meetings were also held
at which the main guest speakers were
Christoph Hammerle and German
Gallucci, respectively.

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At the end of 2010, the Section had
9 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 108 to 112.

B raz ilian S ection
The Section had a rich and successful
year during which it held its own
Section events and also worked closelywith other Sections on the continent
in order to strengthen its international
connections and networking.

At the end of 2010, the Section had
33 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 229 to 293.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Mauricio Araujo

Education Delegate:
Julio Cesar Joly

Two Section meetings were held during
the year. The first – held in the cityof Salvador in May – attracted 135 professionals, the second – in the city ofCampinas – drew 31 participants.
The third ITI Brazil Congress attracted
1,000 participants who came to listen
to 17 speakers, including 10 guest
speakers from abroad.

Study Club Coordinator:
Wagner Duarte

Section Administrator:
Hans-Andreas Aebi

53 ITI Study Club events took placethroughout the year and drew morethan 1,300 participants.
In order to support ITI Speaker development, a two-day speaker seminarfor 21 participants was held in thenorth-eastern part of Brazil (Porto deGalinhas) in November. Professional
photographer Dudu Medeiros talked tothe participants about digital photography and how to improve photos forpresentations and case studies.

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C anadian S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Timothy W. Head

Education Delegate:
Robert Carmichael

Study Club Coordinator:
William Abbott

Section Administrator:
Alain Laroche

The Canadian Section establisheda number of goals for development for2010. These included facilitating andimproving attendance of Section
meetings, hosting its first ITI Education
Week, establishing Study Clubs andimproving communication with Fellows
and Members.
The results of these efforts could already be seen at the World Symposiumin Geneva, which was attended by
51 Fellows and Members from the Section. Later on in the year in November,a combined Section meeting andSpeaker Development event was
attended by 20 Fellows and Speakers.
The Speaker Development event wasdelivered by Lisa Hadfield-Law who
presented a number of very useful
sessions on the principles of learningand teaching.
Leadership team elections also took
place at the November Section meeting
and, in addition to the new team listed
below, Majd Al Mardini was elected
Corresponding Editor for the Section
and Asbjorn Jokstad became webmaster for the Canadian website. With
the Canadian national congress coming
up in September 2012, an organizing
committee was selected to start planning the event. The congress will run
under the title: “New Technologies andBest Practices in Implant Dentistry”.

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The new Study Club Coordinator,
William Abbott, oversaw the establishment of 10 Study Clubs across Canada
and accreditation for at least 18 Study
Clubs is underway for 2011.
The highlight of the year was the first
ITI Education Week at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in
Toronto, which got off to a good startand is being repeated in 2011 at theend of October.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
32 Fellows and had increased
the number of its Members from255 to 279.

C hinese S ectionMore than 115 dental practitioners
from China attended the ITI World Symposium in Geneva in 2010. The unprecedented size of the delegation testifies
to the importance placed by Chinese
practitioners on implant dentistry as
well as to the confidence placed in the
ITI to provide the latest informationon technology and methodology.
During 2010, the Chinese Section held
numerous educational seminars andtraining programs, among them a twoday lecture series in Guangzhou andXi’an presented by ITI Fellows, a seminar in Inner Mongolia in August as well
as a training session led by ChristophHammerle in Beijing in October.

The Section has also been actively promoting the ITI through training sessionsorganized jointly with the Beijing
Implant Training Center and running
its eight Study Clubs. The Section continued with its translation projects
by translating volume 4 of the ITI Treatment Guide.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
11 Fellows and 89 Members.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Zuolin Wang

Education Delegate:
Lei ZhouStudy Club Coordinator:
Yucheng Su

Section Administrator:
Xuejun Li

D anish S ection
The Danish Section devoted its energies
to implementing the Study Club concept
in 2010. The initial groundwork waslargely set by Søren Schou from Aarhus
University before handing over to newly
elected Study Club Coordinator Erik
Andersen. Three Study Clubs werestarted in the last quarter of the year
and five more Study Clubs are anticipated for 2011.

The Section continued with its seriesof educational evening meetings withthe two topics: “Soft tissue surgery
in implant therapy: indications, timing
and choice of donor site” and “Local& systemic risk factors associated withimplant treatment”. It also organized
two Member meetings covering bonereconstruction from a clinical pointof view. The Section held a Fellow
meeting primarily to discuss the strategic implementation of Study Clubs
and also took the opportunity to run
a Speaker Development course on optimizing presentations using Photoshop.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Merete Aaboe

Education Delegate:
Simon Storgård Jensen

Study Club Coordinator:
Erik Andersen

Section Administrator:
Klaus Thomassen

At the end of 2010, the Section had
12 Fellows and 225 Members.

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D utch S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Chris ten Bruggenkate

Education Delegate:
Daniel Wismeijer

Study Club Coordinator:
Geert Stoker

Section Administrator:

The Dutch Section held a Section
meeting as well as a number of ThemeNights throughout the year. The scientific part of the Section meeting on
intra-oral scanning, guided surgery and
CBCT was moderated by Section Chairman Chris ten Bruggenkate. The participants also listened to a lecture frombeyond the field of implant dentistryon the effect of digitization on swim
performance that was given by Roaldvan der Vliet who had closely studied
the performance of olympic champion
Pieter van den Hoogenband.

The Section also laid the foundationsfor Study Clubs around the countryby establishing five in 2010 and making
plans for a further four in 2011.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
13 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 210 to 239.

Joos van Riet

A scientific program committee wascreated to prepare for the 2011 Benelux
ITI congress to be held in cooperation
with the Belgian Section in Amsterdam.

F innish S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Tom Lindholm

Education Delegate:
Juhani Laine

Study Club Coordinator:
Antti Niskanen

Section Administrator:

The Finnish Section is brand new
and enjoyed its first year of operationin 2010. The Section’s main goals wereto prepare the ground for growing its
membership figures by increasing
its visibility and popularity within the
country. The Section held its firstannual meeting in Helsinki in January2010 where Chris ten Bruggenkate presented valuable background information on the ITI and targets for the year
were established. A visit from ITI President Daniel Buser in May further encouraged the Section in its endeavors.

Pauliina Pukko

A Speaker Development course washeld in the latter part of the year thatwas much appreciated and a Study
Club meeting took place in December.

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The Finnish Section is planning fora national congress in Helsinki in 2012
and a scientific committee began todevelop a program and also to look forpotential Speakers.
By the end of 2010, the Section had
increased the number of its Fellows
from 11 to 15 and its Members from 35
to 37.

F rench S ection
In 2010, the French Section offered
a complete educational program covering straightforward, advanced and complex procedures for both surgery andprosthetics. The courses were held at
the Section’s ITI Campus that is locatedin three venues throughout the country. The Section had its annual meetingin October, at which Andréa Mombelliheld a fascinating lecture on differential
diagnostics and various treatment approaches to peri-implant complications.

currently run by the Section; three moreare being planned for 2011.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Paul Rousseau

At the end of December 2010, theSection had 13 Fellows and the numberof Members had increased from 60
to 107.

Education Delegate:
Hervé Buatois

Study Club Coordinator:
Antoine Rimmer

The Leadership Team also spent time
preparing the national congress in Parisscheduled for January 2011. The Section appointed Antoine Rimmer as ITI
Study Club Coordinator, who is now
responsible for the three Study Clubs

Section Administrator:
Guillaume Daniellot

G erman S ection
Establishing and implementing Study
Clubs throughout the country was oneof the German Section’s principal goals
in 2010. Karl Andreas Schlegel waselected as Study Club Coordinator andby the end of the year seven new Study
Clubs had been established withfurther Study Clubs planned for 2011.
The Section met twice during the year,
the first time in February in Eltvillefor the traditional Fellows meeting andthen once again in July in Fürth forthe annual Section meeting together
with the Members. The annual meetingin Fürth was combined with the fourth
Young ITI meeting at which the main
topic was “The challenge of risk factors”
that views the role of implant dentistry

within the broader context of medicine.
A lively series of lectures was deliveredby Speakers from all over Germany
as well as Nikos Donos from the United
Kingdom.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Gerhard Wahl

Education Delegate:

Speaker skills were addressed with workshops in Freiburg on making better presentations and creating photographic
documentation. The Section was also
active in bringing together mentees
with ITI Fellow mentors for an internship and in promoting the ITI at trade
fairs related to dentistry.

Hendrik Terheyden

Study Club Coordinator:
Karl Andreas Schlegel

Section Administrator:
Thomas Kreuzwieser

At the end of 2010, the Section had
90 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 288 to 331.

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G reek S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Nikitas Sykaras

Education Delegate:
Sophocles Voyiazis

Study Club Coordinator:
Ioannis Fourmousis

Section Administrator:
Alex Kosmas

Education took center stage for the
Greek Section in 2010. The Section
had launched an 8-module course at
the end of the previous year that starts
from basic principles and extends
to advanced and complex surgical andprosthetic implant dentistry issues.
The course involves extensive observation of live surgeries in both office andhospital settings as well as hands-on
experience. After two written examinations and a presentation of a clinicalcase, the successful participants arepresented with a Certificate in Implant
Dentistry. The course was greeted withmuch positive feedback and will be repeated in 2011. The Section also ran
a Speaker training course that was completed in July with a one-day evaluation
event.
The second Greek national congress
was held in September – with international Speakers including Daniel Buser,
Will Martin, Farhad Boltchi and Frank
Higginbottom – and met with very
positive feedback. Participants cameaway with valuable recommendations
for the treatment of demanding
esthetic cases, were exposed to novel
CAD/CAM applications, guided implant
surgery protocols and effective management of unfavorable outcomes andcomplications.

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There were two Section meetingsin 2010, a leadership meeting held justbefore the national congress in September and another in November towhich Anthony Dickinson was invited
to give a full-day presentation onvarious aspects of implant dentistry.
The Section has reorganized its Study
Club structure in line with the new
Study Club concept, appointed Ioannis
Fourmousis as Study Club Coordinatorand prepared to launch five Study
Clubs based in Athens, northern,western and southern Greece as well
as Cyprus in 2011.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
six Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 90 to 139.

I berian S ection
The Section appointed a new Leadership Team at the beginning of the year
and at the same time thanked Pedro
Bullón and his team for their hard
work over previous years. The Leadership Team was further expanded inJune at the next Fellow meeting withthe appointment of Giuliano Fragola
as Study Club Coordinator. The Leadership Team met a total of four times
in 2010 in order to discuss current andfuture projects – among them the
Iberian ITI congress that will be held in
May 2012 in Santiago de Compostela.

Among the Section’s activities in 2010
were several one-day educational
events in Spain and Portugal as wellas two Speaker Development meetingsin Mallorca and Granada to give
Speakers tips on how to improve theway they prepare and make presentations.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
37 Fellows and 244 Members.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Juan Blanco Carrión

Education Delegate:
Ricardo Faria Almeida

Study Club Coordinator:
Giuliano Fragola

Section Administrator:
Belén Fraile

I talian S ection
The Section was very active in organizing educational events in 2010.
44 Study Club meetings were held
throughout the country with a totalof 592 participants. The Section
also organized nine SAC courses, twoeach at advanced and complex level
as well as two at straighforward levelwith live surgery and three without
live surgery.

At the end of 2010, the Section had
32 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 414 to 434.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Matteo Chiapasco

Education Delegate:
Luca Cordaro

Study Club Coordinator:
Sandro Siervo

Section Administrator:
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J apanese S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Eiji Funakoshi

Education Delegate:
Hideaki Katsuyama

Study Club Coordinator:
Makoto Shiota

Section Administrator:
Takahisa Taoka

With the aim of increasing generalawareness of the ITI in Japan, theSection organized a large number of
events both for its existing membership and also to attract new Members.
In 2010, 60 Study Club meetings
were held at 34 locations around thecountry with a total of 1,200 participants. Additionally, 18 new Study Clubs
have been created that are to hold58 meetings in 2011.
The Section also held two Leadership
meetings, two Fellow meetings anda Section meeting in addition tovarious educational meetings. Five
Consensus meetings were held in May
to talk about the implications of thefindings of the 2008 Consensus Conference in Stuttgart and two seminars
were held in November on volume 4of the ITI Treatment Guide. The Scientific Program Committee for the upcoming national congress in 2012 also
met five times in order to get ahead
with planning for the event.
The World Symposium was wellattended by the Section that alsoorganized a Japan night party at which
everyone was proud to celebrate
the Honorary ITI Fellowship of former
Section Chair Yoshikazu Soejima.
Sadly Dr. Soejima passed away somemonths later.

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The Section was busy producing print
documentation and published two
issues of the Section’s ITI News magazine, translated the ITI image brochureand produced an ITI promotional flyer
and membership registration form.
The Section also welcomed ITI President Daniel Buser in November at
a special event and lecture, which was
followed by a dinner party with theFellows.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
26 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 538 to 603.

K orean S ection
The new Leadership Team took over inJuly, undertaking to continue the goodwork of the previous team. This involves
continuing to raise awareness of the ITI
in Korea and delivering benefits to
its membership in the form of solid andeffective educational events.
During the year, the Section held two
Section meetings with an accompanying
scientific program and also two Speaker
Development programs. Nine Study
Clubs were registered, which held
37 Study Club meetings and the Section
also carried out an SAC educational
program. In addition, the scientificprogram committee met regularly inorder to prepare for the 2011 national
congress in July that is running under
the title “Paradigm shift toward significant progress in implant success”
with both international and national
speakers.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Jae-Shin Lee

Education Delegate:
Richard Leesungbok

At the end of 2010, the Section had
12 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 70 to 117.

Study Club Coordinator:
Yong-Dae Kwon

Section Administrator:
Ken Seo

M ex ican S ection2010 was an important year for the
Mexican Section with much effort put
into growing the Section. There were
two main areas of focus: the preparations for the national congress in 2011
and the establishment of Study Clubs.
Extensive preparation in 2010 ensured
that the congress, scheduled for April
2011, had the best chances of success.
It was the first national congress tobe organized by the Section and also
the biggest event it had undertaken todate. Credit points were organized incooperation with the National University of Mexico and an attractive teamof 13 speakers was gathered with sevenspeakers from abroad and six from
Mexico. The organizing committee also
ensured good representation at theindustry exhibition.

A visit from ITI President Daniel Buserin October for the annual Section
meeting was very encouraging and very
positively experienced by the Section.
It was an opportunity to discuss the
Study Club guidelines in detail and welcome the new Study Club Coordinatorfor Mexico: Juan Pablo Villarreal Zubiria.
By the end of the year, two new Study
Clubs had been established in Mexico
City and Monterrey. The Section aims
to increase the number of its Members
to 150 by the end of 2011.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Juan Carlos Garcia Lara

Education Delegate:
Alejandro Treviño Santos

Study Club Coordinator:
Juan Pablo Villarreal
Zubiria
Section Administrator:

At the end of 2010, the Section had
11 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 81 to 108.

Andreas Müller

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M iddle E ast S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
George Gebran

Education Delegate:

As a new and multi-country Section,
the Middle East Section is faced witha big challenge in terms of coordinatingits 14 member countries and creatinga unified group that is active in all its
locations.

Ninette Banday

Study Club Coordinator:
Nidal Saab

Section Administrator:
David Dias

In 2010, the Section set up Study Clubs
in four locations – United Arab Emirates,
Lebanon, Oman and Pakistan – wherea total of 12 meetings were held. Saudi
Arabia was also on the list and a Study
Club is opening there in 2011. Throughthe Study Clubs, the Section hopes tohave a positive impact on the deliveryof implant services by dental practitioners with the ultimate goal of improving
practitioners’ clinical skills. The Section
has managed to secure accreditationfrom the Continuing Medical Education(CME) section of the Abu Dhabi healthauthority, which has very strict requirements that meet international
standards.
The Regional Section meeting washeld in September in the Lebanon andbrought together Fellows and Members
for the first time for a scientific andSection event. The scientific event on
improvement of implant recipient sites
was conducted in two parts. The first
was for Fellows and Members only,
while the second was also open to nonMembers. The event was successful
but tended to be limited to participantsfrom the Lebanon. The Section understands that it will always be a challenge
to attract attendees from all themember countries, but is considering
different strategies to address this goal.

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In total the Section held one Section
meeting, three Fellow meetings andone Speaker development course
as well as two leadership meetings
at which the organization of its firstnational congress in May 2011 was
the main subject of discussion.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
12 Fellows and almost tripled
the number of its Members from 55
to 141.

S outh A frican S ection
In 2010, the South African Section held
18 ITI events in various cities throughout the country. ITI Study Clubs were
set up in all the country’s major cities
and four events per Study Club areplanned for 2011. A highly successful
congress was held at the Universityof Pretoria with guest speakers DanielBuser and Urs Belser. The Section is
working together with the University of
Pretoria on their postgraduate diploma
course in basic implant dentistry andsees the course as a possible sourceof future ITI Members. The Section also
hopes to further develop this relationship with the University with thepossibility of offering more courses
in the future.

A national congress has been planned
for July 2011 with guest speakers
from the USA: Will Martin and Brody
Hildebrand. Speaker training and theestablishment of more Study Clubs
are also on the agenda for the Section.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Gerrit Wyma

Education Delegate:
Paul van Zyl

At the end of 2010, the Section
remained steady with 11 Fellows andincreased the number of its Members
from 88 to 130.

Study Club Coordinator:
Pieter Wolfaardt

Section Administrator:
Peter Anderson

S wedish S ection
In 2010, the Section focussed on
setting up Study Clubs and holding its
traditional annual ITI Seminars in
Sweden and Norway. The seven ITIStudy Clubs held 14 events over theyear that were well attended. The ITI
Seminars with international guest
speakers are well known throughout
the region. In Oslo, Norway, the seminars attracted more than 100 participants in 2010.

At the end of 2010, the Section increased its number of Fellows from18 to 20 and its Members from 79
to 82.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Kerstin Fischer

Education Delegate:
Lars-Åke Johansson

Study Club Coordinator:
Kerstin Fischer

Section Administrator:
Ulf Wahlstroem

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S wiss S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Christoph Hammerle

Education Delegate:
Bruno Schmid

Section Administrator:
Heinz P. Frei

An active year was enjoyed by the
Section, which added one more Study
Club in Liechtenstein to bring the total
to 33 Study Clubs for the Section as awhole. These Study Clubs held 79 meetings throughout the year. The Section
also held 29 ITI courses in the country’s
three languages. The Section madea good showing at the ITI World Symposium in Geneva in 2010 with morethan 600 dentists and dental technicians attending.

Elections were held near the endof the year and the Section thanked
Christoph Hammerle for all his hard
work as Section Chairman. His position
is to be filled by the current Education
Delegate Bruno Schmid from 2011.
At the end of 2010, the Section
increased its number of Fellows from73 to 80 and its Members from 958
to 1045.

T aiwanese S ection
Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Chuen-Chyi Tseng

Education Delegate:
Alex Tsai

Study Club Coordinator:
Iok-Chao Pang

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The Taiwanese Section held a national
congress in 2010 at which Anthony
Dickinson was the main speaker anddelivered a series of lectures on prosthetic aspects of bone-level implants aswell as information on the SAC classification. The Section also welcomed
Lisa Heitz-Mayfield later on for a fullday of lectures on the etiology, prevention and treatment of peri-implantitis.
At the end of the year, a visit wasmade by Daniel Buser, accompanied
by Friedrich Buck and Kati Benthaus,
to talk about the future of the Section
and the ITI vision. Professor Buser helda series of very popular lectures thatdrew standing-room-only crowds ona weekday afternoon.

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The Section was proud to welcome
ITI Scholar Chun-Jung Chen back froma year at Harvard and also to havesent two further Scholars to ITI Centersin Amsterdam and the USA.
A Facebook page has been set up for
the Section that has to date registered
more than 150 friends, who are keen
to stay up to date with news fromthe ITI Section in Taiwan.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
five Fellows and the number ofMembers had risen from 29 to 48.

T urkish S ection
Among the goals of the Turkish Section
for 2010 was to grow its membershipand increase the number of Study Clubsin the Section. In 2009, there were five
Study Clubs and these had been increased to 10 by May 2010. All 10 Study
Clubs were then reorganized according
to the new Study Club concept in June.
The Section also held a broad rangeof educational activities to makethe ITI better known in Turkey andspread the ITI philosophy. There were
15 Single Evening Educational meetingsin 14 different cities. Five implant dentistry courses were also held at different
levels according to the SAC classification. Four leadership meetings as wellas one Fellow and Section meeting took
place during the year. The scientificpart of the Section meeting drew morethan 170 ITI Fellows and Members tohear presentations made by Thomas
von Arx from Bern, Switzerland and six
Turkish Speakers. A Speaker Development meeting was organized for the day
before the Section meeting that provided training in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).

At the end of 2010, the Section
increased its number of Fellows from
14 to 20 and its Members from 170
to 265.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Haldun Iplikcioglu

Education Delegate:
Bahadir C. Giray

Study Club Coordinator:
Kivanç Akça

Section Administrator:
Cuneyt Bastimur

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Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Philip Freiberger

Education Delegate:
Charlotte Stilwell

Study Club Coordinator:
Pedja Pavlovic

Section Administrator:
Alan Goldie

A rich program of activities wasorganized in 2010 by the UK & Ireland
Section with the aim of growing Section membership. In addition to Section
meetings in both the UK and Ireland,
the Section also ran an Education
Development program with various
events throughout the year. A one-toone practice-based mentoring scheme
was launched involving ITI Fellows
and Members who satisfy a stringent
set of criteria in terms of implant dentistry therapy and mentoring. This ispart of the Foundation in Implant Dentistry program that was developed inline with the UK General Dental Council
Training Standards. The Section also
increased the number of its Study Clubs
by 23 to 41.
The Section also received a visit fromthe ITI Center’s Thomas Kiss to talkabout the new Speaker Library and oneof the year’s highlights was a Christmas
lecture held in Ireland for the Section.
The Section was proud to see oneof its Fellows take the André Schroeder
Research Prize in 2010: Maria Retzepi
was awarded the prize for her work
on “The effect of experimental diabetes
on guided bone regeneration”.

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At the end of 2010, the Section
increased its number of Fellows from32 to 34 and its Members from 488
to 577.

U S S ection
The Section’s goals for 2010 included
developing the national congressplanned for April 2011, growing Section
membership and fostering fellowshipas well as promoting and developing
the new Study Club concept.
In a very short time, the Study Club
initiative was rewarded with 50 applications to establish Study Clubs despitea relatively saturated Study Club
marketplace in the US. The Section alsocelebrated the 10th anniversary of
its journal “Implant Realities” that will
be playing an important role in the
Study Clubs as a source of topics fordiscussion.

In addition to Section meetings andspeaker development events, Education Committee meetings were held
throughout the year in order to prepare
for the 2011 congress entitled “Teams,
Technologies and Trends” with its
innovative technology hall. The latter
aimed to offer participants handson experience of new technology for
implant dentistry and regenerative
therapy.
At the end of 2010, the Section had
87 Fellows and increased the numberof its Members from 579 to 740.

Section Officers
Section Chairman:
Hans-Peter Weber

Education Delegate:
James Ruskin

Study Club Coordinator:
Paul Fugazzotto

Section Administrator:
Gino De Simone

Elections were held in October and
Dean Morton was made Chair-Elect andFrank Higginbottom elected to succeed
Jim Ruskin in Spring 2011. The Section’s
thanks go to Hans-Peter Weber and
Jim Ruskin for their hard work.

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F inancial report.
I T I A ssociation
As in recent years, the growth rate in membership remained impressive throughout 2010.
The Fellowship base grew by 6% to 721 by the end of the year, while the number of Members
increased by almost 20% to a total of 7,915. The revenues from Fellowship fees for 2010,
however, are lower than for the previous year, as the 2009 figures include late payments of feesthat had remained open for more than one year. The revenues from Member fees alone topped
1 million Swiss Francs (CHF) for the first time. The ITI Association’s operating costs, a large
portion of which includes partial reimbursements to the ITI Foundation in return for its
contribution to membership benefits and activities, increased accordingly to a little more than
CHF 1.2 million. The overall operating profit remained positive.
ITI Association Financial Statement 2010 1
2010

in CHF
2009

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

273,759
869,491520
1,143,770

1,201,863

1,046,503

126,085

97,267

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

Extract from the financial statements. Complete financial statements for 2010 are available
at the domicile of the ITI Association.

I T I F oundation
In 2010, the ITI Foundation invested more than 17.3 million Swiss Francs (CHF) in projects andactivities geared towards fulfilling the ITI’s mission “to promote and disseminate knowledge on all
aspects of implant dentistry and related tissue regeneration”.
Compared with 2009, revenues from educational events were exceptionally high in 2010 as they
included the ITI World Symposium, held every three to four years, and the launch of the accompanying industry exhibition. In addition, the income from ITI Education Weeks more than doubled
as these gained considerable momentum in 2010.
The reporting structure for 2010 was slightly modified in order to better reflect the allocationof funds by field of activity. While 17% of the overall expenditure went into the funding of independent research projects and related administration, 67% was spent on educational activities
that include the ITI World Symposium, ITI Education Weeks, the ITI Scholarship program and Study
Clubs. The increasing numbers of ITI Members also resulted in considerably higher expenditure
for educational events and meetings within the ITI’s national Sections and corresponding increases in education-related membership benefits such as the ITI Treatment Guides which are
now produced in eight languages.

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16% of the overall budget went to ensure the smooth running of the organization that includes IT
and office infrastructure, ITI Center staffing as well as marketing and communication.
ITI Foundation Financial Statement 2010 1
2010

in CHF2009

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

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

2,867,793

2,292,663

4,650,436
1,292,438
1,108,061
70,5984,556,350
11,677,883

996,796
361,409
1,006,827–
3,773,469
6,138,501

ITI Center
Board of Directors
Communication
Total General Administration

2,385,282
155,965
221,941
2,763,188

2,346,479
172,544
125,516
2,644,539

Total Operating Revenues
Total Operating Costs
Operating Loss/Profit

16,686,519
17,308,864–622,345

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

Operating Revenues
Contributions
Revenues from educational events
Other Revenues
Total Operating Revenues
Operating Costs
Research
Education
Global education
University Programs
Scholarship Program
Study Clubs
Sections & Membership
Total Education
General Administration

1

Extract from the financial statements. Complete financial statements for 2010 are available
at the domicile of the ITI Foundation.

Overview of ITI Foundation Expenses in 2010
in CHFg Researchg Education
g General Administration

2,867,793
11,677,883
2,763,188

Total

17,308,864

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

Basel, April 5, 2011

Report of the statutory auditor
on the limited statutory ex amination
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(Auditor in charge)

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Licensed audit expert

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

Basel, April 5, 2011

Report of the statutory auditor
on the limited statutory ex amination
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(Auditor in charge)

Markus Kocher
Licensed audit expert53

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ITI Annual Report 2010

Reaching out to the profession

“… to promote and disseminate knowledge on
all aspects of implant dentistry and related tissue
regeneration through research 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 2010, the ITI grew by 1,299 Members
and expanded its Fellows baseto 721.

GlobalFellows & Members
2008

2009

2010

2008

2009

Countries

104

92

96

Fellows

627

676

2010
721

Sections

24

26

26

Members

5,349

6,616

7,915

Total

5,976

7,292

8,636

Reaching out
to the profession.

ITI Annual Report 2010