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The ITI is very happy to announce the inauguration of two new Scholarship Centers. At the beginning of July, cooperation agreements were signed with the Peking University, School and Hospital of Stomatology in Beijing and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Dentistry in Shanghai, both in China.

Last weekend, 1,600 participants attended the ITI Congress Japan in Tokyo and made it a huge success. Under the umbrella theme “Tradition and Innovation” the scientific program focused on the development of the ITI and long-term scientific evidence as well as on shaping the future of implant dentistry by creating trends.

The ITI is back in Amsterdam and this time we have a stand at the EuroPerio9 meeting from June 20 to 23, 2018. Come by the EFP village for a visit and catch up on the latest from the ITI. And if you don't already happen to be a Member of the ITI – find out why you need to be part of our worldwide network of professionals and join us on the spot.

Do you know our ITI Scholarship Program? Each year we enable young implant dentistry talent to spend a year abroad at a highly regarded university being mentored by an ITI Fellow. Currently, we have 23 different ITI Scholarship Centers around the globe.

Last weekend, the ITI Congress UK & Ireland took place in London and was completely sold out! The diverse program revolved around “Modern Dilemmas in Implant Dentistry” and attracted 450 participants.

April 27^th will remain a day of high emotion for PD Dr. Vivianne Chappuis from Bern, Switzerland and Dr. Ui-Won Jung from Seoul, Korea who were awarded the prestigious André Schroeder Research Prize for their research in the field of implant dentistry.

At the 2018 Annual General Meeting, the General Assembly voted to extend the ITI Board of Directors. Congratulations to Charlotte Stilwell, UK prosthodontist in private practice and part-time lecturer at the University of Geneva, and Bilal Al-Nawas, Medical Director of the Department of Oral, Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, who were voted in as Board members at large.

Since 1980, 16 ITI Fellows have been awarded the ITI's highest distinction of Honorary Fellowship. This year two Fellows were singled out for this honor that recognizes their contribution to the ITI and the field of implant dentistry as a whole. Both Professor Dr. Gerhard Wahl and Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Weber became part of the ITI in 1987 and in the intervening years both have been very active in their Section in Germany and the USA, respectively.

At its 6th ITI Consensus Conference, held from April 17 - 19, 2018 in Amsterdam, the ITI once again gathered together professionals from all over the world to review the latest literature and establish implant dentistry guidelines for the coming five years.

From March 17-18, 2018 the fascinating city of Marrakesh, Morocco hosted the second ITI Francophone Congress. Four years after its first edition, the ITI once again brought together the French-speaking dental community under the heading "Implant Dentistry of the Future".

From March 16 – 17, 2018, the former German capital Bonn was the setting for the 9th ITI Congress Germany. Close by where politicians once debated the future of the country, the future of implant dentistry came under discussion by almost 800 dental professionals.

Last weekend, 840 participants attended the ITI Congress Brazil in Gramado and made it a huge success. During this inspiring and intense three-day event, the scientific program revolved around “When predictability reaches simplicity” and covered topics such as surgical and prosthetic planning, reconstructive procedures, esthetic materials in implant dentistry and minimally invasive surgery.

From March 8-10, the Hotel Barceló on the Riviera Maya in the Yucatan region, directly located on Cancun's gorgeous beaches, hosted our ITI Congress Mexico and attracted more than 200 professionals from the field of implant dentistry.

Will you be at the AO Congress in LA? We will! Come visit us in the ‪exhibition area at booth 913 to catch up on the latest ITI news, projects and events. And for those among you who have not yet joined the team - if you like what you hear - you can sign up on the spot!

The ITI Annual Conference 2018 represents the latest milestone in minimizing risks and improving outcomes in dental implant therapy. Held in Amsterdam on April 21, 2018, this full day conference will provide the conclusions of the 6th ITI Consensus Conference "hot off the press" in five concentrated sessions.

As 2017 draws to a close, it is timely to reflect on the remarkable achievements of the ITI over the last 12 months. This year saw Prof. David Cochran complete his 4-year term of office as ITI President.

As we approach the end of the year, ITI membership figures have taken a significant upturn. With 16,584 Fellows and Members, we have achieved an all-time membership high. This gratifying result underlines the ITI’s commitment and success in providing its membership with benefits that respond to the needs of implant dentistry professionals today.

India warmly welcomes the ITI with its first official national event: The ITI Education Day India was held on December 3, one day after the ITI's industry partner Straumann celebrated the inauguration of its new subsidiary in India with the Straumann India Symposium.

As one cycle finishes, the next begins: The second cycle of the German Curriculum for participants from Germany, Austria and Switzerland came to a close in Freiburg in early November.

The winning formula of nine modules and two job shadowing phases takes just under a year and sold out immediately.

Building on the success of the first ITI procedure "Bone Level Implant Placement" on the Touch Surgery app, the ITI in collaboration with Touch Surgery has now released a second procedure, "Tissue Level Implant Placement".