Press Release:
The ITI further expands its university-based course program
New Center of Excellence to be opened in London, EnglandBasel, Switzerland, March 22, 2016 – The International Team for Implantology (ITI), aleading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education andresearch in the field of implant dentistry, announced the opening of its eighth Center ofExcellence at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) in 2017.
As part of the ITI University Programs, selected academic institutions around the world offer 4to 7-day continuing education courses in implant dentistry, known as ITI Education Weeks.
These courses give practitioners the opportunity to advance their theoretical and practicalknowledge and skills in implant-related treatment and learn from experts in the field. Each ITI
Education Week offers continuing education (CE) credits.
The Center of Excellence will be based at QMUL’s Centre for Oral Clinical Research at theInstitute of Dentistry. QMUL’s Institute of Dentistry has a well-established track record for highquality continuing education courses at its state-of-the-art facilities. Apart from theseoutstanding facilities, it is the Institute’s faculty, made up of top experts in the field of implantdentistry, that makes the institution the perfect partner for the ITI. The ITI Education WeekLondon, primarily aimed at advanced implant dentistry professionals, will be directed by Prof.
Nikolaos Donos, Head of the Centre for Oral Clinical Research and Professor for
Periodontology and Implant Dentistry. Its focus will be on soft tissue management, anterior
aesthetics as well as the treatment of peri-implantitis. The first ITI Education Week at Queen
Mary University will take place in 2017.
Until 2013, the ITI ran ITI Education Weeks headed up by Prof. Nikolaos Donos at theEastman Dental Institute of the University College London. “We are more than happy that,after a three-year break, Prof. Donos will again be offering an ITI Education Week in London”,
said Prof. Daniel Wismeijer, Chair of the ITI Education Committee. “We are convinced that thenew course to be held at Queen Mary University will complement our existing course program
perfectly and further contribute to the success of our ITI University Programs.”
More information about the new ITI Education Week London will soon be available at
http://www.iti.org/ITI-Education-Weeks.

About the ITIThe International Team for Implantology (ITI) is an academic association that unites professionals aroundthe world from every field of implant dentistry and related disciplines. It actively promotes networking andexchange among its membership of currently more than 15,000. ITI Fellows and Members regularly share
their knowledge and expertise from research and clinical practice at meetings, courses and congresses
with the objective of continuously improving treatment methods and outcomes to the benefit of theirpatients.

ITI International Team for
Implantology
ITI Headquarters
Peter Merian-Strasse 88
CH-4052 BaselSwitzerland
Tel. +41 (0)61 270 83 83
Fax +41 (0)61 270 83 84
headquarters@iti.org
www.iti.org

In 36 years, the ITI has built a reputation for scientific rigor combined with concern for the welfare ofpatients. The organization focuses on the development of well-documented treatment guidelines backed
by extensive clinical testing and the compilation of long-term results. The ITI funds research as well as
Scholarships for young clinicians organizes congresses and continuing education events and runs morethan 600 Study Clubs around the globe. The organization also publishes reference books such as the ITITreatment Guide series and operates the ITI Online Academy, a peer-reviewed, evidence-based elearning platform with a unique user-centric approach. www.iti.org

About Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is one of the UK’s leading universities, and one of the largest
institutions in the University of London, with 20,260 students from more than 150 countries.
A member of the Russell Group, we work across the humanities and social sciences, medicine anddentistry, and science and engineering, with inspirational teaching directly informed by our research - inthe most recent national assessment of the quality of research, we were placed ninth in the UK (REF2014).
We also offer something no other university can: a stunning self-contained residential campus in London’s
East End. As well as our home at Mile End, we have campuses at Whitechapel, Charterhouse Square andWest Smithfield dedicated to the study of medicine, and a base for legal studies at Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
We have a rich history in London with roots in Europe’s first public hospital, St Barts; England’s first
medical school, The London; one of the first colleges to provide higher education to women, Westfield
College; and the Victorian philanthropic project, the People’s Palace based at Mile End.
QMUL has an annual turnover of £350m, a research income worth £100m, and generates employment
and output worth £700m to the UK economy each year.

Media contacts:
ITI International Team for Implantology
ITI Headquarters
Matthias Joesch
Head of Communications
Tel +41 (0)61 270 83 88
Fax +41 (0)61 270 83 84
matthias.joesch@iti.org

Queen Mary University of London
Joel Winston
Public Relations Manager – Medicine andDentistry
Tel +44 (0)207 882 7943
Fax +44 (0)7970 096 188
j.winston@qmul.ac.uk

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