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Established in 2011, the ITI Section South East Asia is one of the youngest Sections in the ITI. It recently held its first national congress in Bangkok which ran under the title “Achieving Esthetic Success in Implant Dentistry”. With approximately 550 participants – 250 more than originally anticipated – the congress was a great success.

Among the highlights of the two-day congress were more ...

The Belgian and Dutch ITI Sections worked together to organize the very well received third edition of the ITI Benelux Congress on the topic of “Digital Workflow in Implant Dentistry”. This year, the congress took place in Belgium, in the beautiful city of Antwerp. Around 250 implant dentistry practitioners gathered in order to learn about the latest developments and trends delivered by opinion more ...

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Basel, Switzerland, May 2, 2013 – More than 100 experts from the field of implant dentistry met in Bern from April 23 to 25 to participate in the 5th ITI Consensus Conference. The aim of Consensus Conferences organized by the International Team for Implantology (ITI) more ...

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This year’s ITI Congress Denmark took place on April 19 in Nyborg, Funen. The main theme of the congress was “Implant treatment in the periodontally compromised patient” and included several national and international speakers, among them Professors Søren Schou (Aarhus University, Denmark), Lisa Heitz-Mayfield (University of Perth, Australia) and German Gallucci (Harvard University, Boston, USA). more ...

More than 350 participants attended the ITI Congress Turkey, which was held at the state-of-the-art Congresium International Convention & Exhibition Centre in Ankara. The two-day congress, which ran under the title “What is practicable in implant surgery: A revisit based on evidences”, included top-class lectures by renowned speakers and plenty of opportunity for discussion. Among the international more ...

Implant treatment complications and bone regeneration were the main topics of the ITI Congress Sweden in Stockholm, which attracted more than 300 participants from Sweden and Norway.

The congress started off with a presentation by Mikael Andersson. The Swedish lecturer, who was born without arms and legs, showed the audience that one can achieve considerably more than what oneself thinks more ...

Providing all the attendees with practical, evidence-based solutions to contemporary implant-based treatment issues was the aim of the ITI Congress North America in Chicago and the 1,200 participants were not disappointed: an excellent scientific program, top speakers from the USA, Canada and abroad, innovative features such as the ITI Tech Pods certainly made the congress a much anticipated and more ...

Professor Niklaus Lang hands on the running of intensive implant dentistry course to Dr. Nikos Mattheos.

The ITI Education Week Hong Kong at the University of Hong Kong/Prince Philip Dental Hospital has managed to secure itself a strong and respected place in the implant dentistry education landscape of the Asia Pacific region and beyond. As the course director, Prof. Dr. more ...

Periodontist Dr. Jung-Chul Park from South Korea has been named the winner of the 18th André Schroeder Research Prize. This annual prize awarded by the International Team for Implantology (ITI) carries a cash endowment of 20,000 Swiss francs and was presented on April 6 during the ITI Congress North America in Chicago.

Dr. Park received the award for his study on the “acquisition of human more ...

It is with great sorrow that the ITI must report the sudden death of Dr. Timothy Head on March 22, 2013. A very active ITI Fellow and Chair of the ITI Section Canada, Timothy Head was appreciated and loved as a leader, teacher, colleague and friend. The ITI and in particular the Section Canada are shocked and deeply saddened by this loss. Our hearts go out to Timothy Head’s family in this time of more ...

The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, congratulates ITI President Prof. Dr. Daniel Buser on being distinguished with the 2013 Brånemark Osseointegration Award.

Daniel Buser is the sixth recipient of this highly respected award, which is presented more ...

The ITI welcomes its 15,000th member during this year’s AO Annual Meeting.

The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, today announced that it had signed up its 15,000th member. This achievement marks another milestone in the 33-year history more ...

Val d’Isère in the French Alps was the perfect setting for this year’s ITI Congress France which ran under the title “The digital revolution: from surgery to prosthetics”. The 175 participants from France, Belgium and Switzerland received information on the development of recent technologies with the aim of equipping them to better evaluate how these can be used to contribute to their practice.

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Join one of the four ITI Education Weeks coming up later this year!

The four- to seven-day courses offer up-to-the-minute evidence-based teaching as well as continuing education (CE) credits. You can learn from international experts at state-of-the art facilities and expand your personal network by getting to know colleagues from all over the world!

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“Knowledge is key”, and that’s what you will get in Geneva, Switzerland from April 24 – 26, 2014: Get ready for presentations on cutting-edge issues delivered by key opinion leaders. Participate in a challenging scientific program with a strong practice-oriented approach.

Don’t miss what is arguably the most important event in the implant dentistry calendar for 2014.

Although the year is still very young, change is already upon us. As of January 1, 2013, the ITI Center – the ITI’s global administrative office – has been renamed ITI Headquarters. We have also moved down the road and can now be found at:

ITI International Team for Implantology
ITI Headquarters
Peter Merian-Strasse 88
4052 Basel
Switzerland

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Volume 6 of the ITI Treatment Guide series has been compiled to provide clinicians with practice-oriented and evidence-based information about recommended clinical procedures to insert and restore implants in what is possibly the most challenging situation encountered in implant dentistry: extended edentulous spaces in the esthetic zone.

The book not only provides an up-to-date analysis more ...

Exploring new technologies, innovations and new materials as well as helping practitioners to make the right decision on why, when and how to use dental implants was the aim of the second ITI Congress Middle East in Abu Dhabi. More than 450 participants attended the congress, which took place in the Beach Rotana Hotel. “A major proportion of the audience came from Arab countries, but we were happy more ...

Despite the difficult socio-economic climate in Greece, 230 implant dentistry professionals gathered in Athens in order to listen to top speakers discussing “Implants in Daily Practice: Today and Tomorrow”. The congress organized by the Hellenic Section focused on pre-surgical esthetic and reconstructive risk assessment, followed by evidence-based clinical suggestions and directions to help clinicians more ...

The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, announced that it welcomed its 13,000th member on September 21, 2012. Since the end of 2008, the ITI has more than doubled its membership.

The 13,000th ITI Member is Dr. Adam Kaplan, an oral and maxillofacial more ...

This year’s ITI Congress Canada in Toronto has just come to an end. Close to 250 professionals in implant dentistry attended the congress that undertook to analyze the risks and benefits of emerging technologies in implant dentistry and scrutinize them against the backdrop of current best practices. The two-day congress included top-class lectures given by specialists from Canada and abroad.

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The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, announced Dr. Cornelius von Wilmowsky as the winner of the 17th André Schroeder Research Prize. Dr. von Wilmowsky, a PhD dentist, oral surgeon and researcher at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, more ...

With over 300 registrations, the first ITI Congress Finland that took place on September 14 and 15 in Helsinki was judged a resounding success. One of the main congress highlights was the all-day lecture entitled “When surgery meets prosthetics: from tooth extraction to the insertion of the implant reconstruction” that was given by Dr. Ronald Jung, Zurich, Switzerland (front row, third left, together more ...

An excellent scientific program awaited the 200 participants of this year’s ITI Congress Taiwan in Taipei which ran under the title “Implant Dentistry in the Digital World”. Three international speakers as well as two former ITI Scholars, two ITI Fellows and Members from Taiwan presented their latest research findings to the audience and made the congress a great success.

Among the international more ...

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At the 2012 ITI AGM, Straumann’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and Member of the ITI Board of Trustees Gilbert Achermann took the opportunity to address the Fellows present. Below is an extract from his speech.

"Our industry is contending with unprecedented challenges that have destroyed the strong growth we enjoyed in the past. In particular we are battling against more ...

“Evolution & Predictability“ was the topic of this year’s ITI Congress Brazil in Campinas which was attended by almost 400 participants. “The vast majority of participants were clinicians who work full time in private practice. We were hoping that the congress would help them to improve their work and from the comments I heard, I believe we achieved that”, said Wagner Rodrigues Duarte, Education more ...

The SAC Assessment Tool is now available in all nine ITI core languages: Brazilian-Portuguese, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Turkish.

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The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, welcomed more than 160 Fellows to this year’s Annual General Meeting in London, UK.

In his report to the Fellows, ITI President Professor Dr. Daniel Buser stressed the strong growth of the ITI, which welcomed more ...

This year’s ITI Education Week at the University of Bern has just come to an end. With almost 60 clinicians from 25 countries, the five-day course saw a new record attendance and was a great success. Many of the participants were young colleagues seeking advice how to successfully treat implant patients.

The course was run under the title “Evidence-Based Clinical Concepts in Implant Dentistry” more ...

With more than 1,000 implant dentistry professionals attending, the ITI Congress Japan in Tokyo had an excellent turn-out this year. National and international top speakers – among them ITI President Daniel Buser and Urs Belser from Switzerland as well as David Cochran from the US – discussed achievements and complications in implant dentistry. Each session was followed by a panel discussion, giving more ...

The ITI Congress Iberia has just come to an end. Well over 750 professionals in implant dentistry attended the congress which was held in Santiago de Compostela. The congress dealt with evidence-based implant dentistry and offered a diverse program with parallel sessions for dental technicians and hygienists. It also included an industry exhibition, pre-congress courses and hands-on workshops, which more ...

Highly topical lectures, prominent speakers and lively discussions made up the first ITI Congress Switzerland. It was attended by more than 500 professionals and specialists in implant dentistry and took place in Biel against the magnificent backdrop of the lake and surrounding hills. 

The congress dealt with the life cycle of an implant and covered aspects from treatment planning to more ...

More than 1,300 participants from 12 countries as well as 53 national and international top speakers made the 8th ITI Congress Germany, which has just come to an end, a great success.

The congress focused on the discussion of new technologies and methods in implant dentistry and, for the third time, offered a varied program for dental technicians. A pre-congress with three parallel sessions more ...

The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, is giving 25 young clinicians the opportunity to spend 12 months at one of the 20 ITI Scholarship Centers worldwide in order to enhance their knowledge and skills in implant dentistry.

The goal of the ITI Scholarship more ...

The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, is inviting submissions for the highly regarded André Schroeder Research Prize as of February 1, 2012.

The André Schroeder Research Prize, which carries a cash endowment of CHF 20,000, is one of the most prestigious more ...

The impressively regenerated Liverpool waterfront provided the backdrop to this year's ITI Congress UK & Ireland. The theme of the Congress was "Implants in Practice" and the program boasted an impressive line-up of national and international top speakers - as well as an excellent pre-Congress day with Daniel Buser and Urs Belser.

460 professionals in implant dentistry attended the Congress more ...

Historic Florence was the location for this year's ITI Congress Italy, which attracted close to 900 implant dentistry professionals. Top national speakers came to lecture in this beautiful city and contributed to a unique scientific program. An industry exhibition as well as a research and clinical case competition completed the range of activities. Marco Aglietta and Ferruccio Torsello won the more ...

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The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, today announced that it had welcomed its 10,000th member. This achievement marks another milestone in the 31-year history of the ITI.

This growth is due in large part to the recently launched ITI Study Club concept, more ...

The 3rd ITI Congress China in Nanjing was a big success: with more than 900 implant dentistry professionals attending the congress, the number of participants exceeded all expectations. The various lectures given by national and international speakers - among them Daniel Buser, Stephen Chen, Klaus Lang, Dean Morton and Alex Yi-Min Tsai - as well as the accompanying industry exhibition were very more ...

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More than 150 ITI Fellows attended this year's Annual General Meeting in Barcelona at which a number of important decisions were made, which are reflected in a revised version of the Articles of the ITI.

The General Assembly of Fellows approved the establishment of two new Committees: the Study Club Committee under the leadership of Luca Cordaro (Italy) and the Scholarship Committee, more ...

The ITI's interactive assessment tool to evaluate the risk and complexity of individual dental implant cases is now also available as an iPad app which can be downloaded free of charge from the Apple App Store. 

The SAC Assessment Tool reflects the normative guidelines developed by the ITI at a Consensus more ...

On July 31, 2011, the International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, hosted a charity event for Japan in Tokyo. Revenues from the event including admission fees and income from an industry exhibition were donated to support the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that more ...

"Management of Esthetics in Implant Dentistry" was the title of the first ITI Congress Southern Africa which has recently taken place in Pretoria, South Africa and attracted more than 250 professionals in implant dentistry. The highly motivated audience was made up of professionals from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Kenya and enjoyed two well-organized congress days.
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Attended by more than 300 participants, the ITI Australasian Congress 2011 in Melbourne was a big success. The 2-day program provided clinicians with cutting edge information on surgical, technical and restorative aspects of contemporary implant dentistry and included lectures by various national and international speakers, among them Dean Morton, Prosthodontist, University of Louisville, Florida, more ...

"Paradigm Shift toward Significant Progress in Implant Success" was the theme of this year's ITI Congress Korea which took place in Seoul and attracted more than 200 professionals in implant dentistry.

Seven national and three international speakers - Daniel Buser, Siegfried Heckmann and Daniel Thoma - provided the audience with valuable insights into current trends in implant dentistry. more ...

The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, announced that the 16th André Schroeder Research prize goes to Dr. Nikola Saulacic, a PhD dentist, oral surgeon and more ...

The ITI Congress Benelux 2011 in Amsterdam, one of the most important events in the Dutch and Belgian implant dentistry calendar, has just come to an end. More than 300 professionals in implant dentistry attended the congress which was accompanied by an informative industry exhibition.

The Scientific Program Committee comprising Daniel Wismeijer, Chris ten Bruggenkate, Didier Blase and Geert more ...

The ITI has re-engineered its online registration process for improved and streamlined registration. The new online registration form as well as the Terms and Conditions of ITI Membership are now available in the following eight languages: Brazilian-Portuguese, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.

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Istanbul was the perfect host city for the 5th ITI Congress Turkey 2011. More than 400 professionals in implant dentistry updated their skills and knowledge with lectures held by the familiar clinical duo Professors Urs Belser and Daniel Buser from Switzerland.

"In recent months, The ITI Section Turkey has been one of the fastest growing Sections in the ITI and there still is huge more ...

The first ITI Congress Middle East in Beirut, Lebanon has just come to an end. The congress, which exceeded all expectations, was attended by more than 500 participants from throughout the Middle East as well as some visitors from Europe and America: "We are very happy the congress turned out so well despite the political crisis that has shaken the Middle East this year," says Daniel Buser, more ...

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With immediate effect, the ITI provides enhanced online membership registration and payment options for all new ITI Members.

Apart from the regular one-year membership, the ITI now optionally offers two- or three-year's memberships at a discounted price. The annual membership fee for ITI Members is CHF 300 (Swiss Francs). 10% or 15% discounts are available for a two or three year's more ...

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ITI World Symposium 2010, Geneva, Switzerland, April 16, 2010 – The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, welcomed more than 4,000 participants from all over the world more ...

ITI World Symposium 2010, Geneva, Switzerland, April 16, 2010 – The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, announced the more ...

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