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More than 350 participants attended the ITI Welcome Reception during this year's EAO Congress in Madrid, making it the largest ITI reception at a third party congress ever. The reception was held at Real Café Bernabéu inside the world-famous Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, the home stadium of the current Champions League winner Real Madrid.

The ITI congratulates Frauke Müller, member of the ITI Board of Directors and Chair of the ITI Leadership Development Committee, on being the first dentist appointed an individual senate member of the SAMW (Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften/Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences).

The ITI congratulates ITI Past President David Cochran on being awarded a Gold Medal by the American Association of Periodontology for his outstanding contributions to the Academy through service and an understanding of the study, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal diseases.

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The 27th ITI Education Week at the University of Bern has just come to an end. With 50 participants from 19 countries, this year’s course was another great success. Among the participants were young as well as more experienced clinicians eager to profit from the 12 speakers’ knowledge on successful implant techniques for the rehabilitation of fully and partially edentulous patients.

On August 28, 2017, ITI Headquarters welcomed a second group of dentists from China. The group included Fellows, Members, a former ITI Scholar as well as other dentists with an interest in evidence-based treatment.

ITI President Dr. Stephen Chen just returned from a weeklong trip to Asia where he visited the ITI Sections China and Taiwan. In both Sections he met with the Section Leadership Teams to discuss international and local ITI educational initiatives and their implementation.

The ITI has teamed up with Touch Surgery, an app-based technology company that specializes in cognitive medical training, to provide a digital learning aid to entry-level clinicians with an interest in implant dentistry.

Are you a young clinician? Would you like to spend a year abroad at one of our 26 ITI Scholarship Centers at 22 universities worldwide to enhance your knowledge and skills in implant dentistry, learn from experienced mentors and discover new cultures and ways of working? Then apply for one of the 15 Scholarships awarded by the ITI to young clinicians every year.

Applications for the Scholarship year 2018/2019 are being accepted from June 1 until June 30, 2017 via the ITI website. For more information click here

On May 23, a group of management team members of five leading Chinese dental clinics - Mr Ma Zhixin from Jinsong Dental, Mr Li Rihua from More Dental, Mr Li Zhenping from Zhongda Stomatology Hospital, Ms Wang Xiaojuan from Smile Dentisty and Mr Wang Xiaohui from Dr Sha - visited ITI Headquarters in Basel during a trip to Switzerland to get first-hand information about the ITI's educational offerings and how their clinics might benefit from these.

The International Team for Implantology (ITI) held the ITI World Symposium 2017 from May 4 to 6 in Basel, Switzerland. A total of more than 4,800 dental professionals from 90 countries attended the ITI's flagship event, making it the biggest international implant dentistry congress ever.

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, awarded the 2017 André Schroeder Research Prizes to Dr Antonio Liñares González and Dr Vinay Kumar.

At the ITI's Annual General Meeting 2017 on April 3, 2017, Dr. Stephen T. Chen (Melbourne, Australia) was officially inaugurated as ITI President. Taking over from Prof. Dr. David L. Cochran (San Antonio TX, USA), who led the organization for the past four years, Stephen Chen has a strong track record in ITI education, having served both as member and Chair of the ITI Education Committee for more than 10 years.

At the ITI Annual General Meeting 2017, the ITI awarded Prof. Dr. Daniel Buser (Bern, Switzerland) an ITI Honorary Fellowship. This honor is awarded in appreciation of the work of particularly dedicated ITI Fellows and was presented to Daniel Buser in recognition of his untiring efforts on behalf of the ITI and implant dentistry as a whole over the last three decades.

A subscription to our highly regarded journal Forum Implantologicum (English version) can now be purchased from Quintessence Publishing Group. The Forum Implantologicum provides solid scientific content in the form of illustrated feature articles and gives a regular overview of ITI activities, developments and events.

By renewing your ITI membership for 2017 or becoming a new Member, not only do you enjoy all the benefits of ITI membership but can also register for the ITI World Symposium 2017 with a saving of up to EUR 300!

The ITI Education Week Porto Alegre 2016, held from November 30 to December 3 at Moinhos de Vento Hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil, was a big success. With 17 participants from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Peru, the event had a very busy program with topics ranging from extraction to rehabilitation.

More than 1’100 implant dentistry professionals gathered in Beijing from December 3 to 4 for the ITI Congress China. During the two-day congress held at the China World Hotel participants had plenty of opportunity to benefit from a well-balanced program, ask questions and meet colleagues.

The ITI Congress Turkey & Azerbaijan has just come to an end. With more than 600 participants and 20 exhibiting companies, the two and a half-day congress held at the Gloria Golf Resort Otel Belek in Antalya from December 2 to 4 was by far the largest congress organized by the ITI Section Turkey & Azerbaijan.

In late October, the ITI and Straumann announced the renewal of their cooperation agreement for the coming five years. The revised agreement responds to the wide-ranging changes experienced in the field of implant dentistry in recent years.