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Hall of Honors
The direction of implant dentistry has been shaped and influenced by many individuals over the last 40+ years. The ITI Hall of Honors page pays tribute to a number of these individuals who have made a significant contribution to the field and/or the ITI and have been distinguished by an ITI Honorary Fellowship or an ITI Distinguished Achievement Award.
Honorary Fellows
By awarding an Honorary Fellowship, the ITI pays tribute to long-standing Fellows who have contributed significantly to the field of implant dentistry as well as the goals of the ITI.
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André Schroeder †
Switzerland
1992
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Franz Sutter
Switzerland
1993
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Wilfried Schilli †
Germany
1999
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Robert K. Schenk †
Switzerland
2005
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Samuel K. Steinemann †
Switzerland
2005
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Erik Hjørting-Hansen †
Denmark
2006
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Gisbert Krekeler †
Germany
2006
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Niklaus P. Lang
Switzerland
2008
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Christiaan ten Bruggenkate
Netherlands
2008
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Yoshikatsu Soejima †
Japan
2010
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Walter Widmer
Switzerland
2011
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Thomas Straumann
Switzerland
2011
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Dieter Weingart †
Germany
2012
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Urs Belser
Switzerland
2013
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Jan Lindhe
Sweden
2015
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Thomas D. Taylor
USA
2016
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Daniel Buser
Switzerland
2017
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Hans-Peter Weber
USA
2018
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Gerhard Wahl
Germany
2018
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Kanichi Seto
Japan
2020
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David Cochran
USA
2021
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Frauke Müller
Switzerland
2022
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Lisa Heitz-Mayfield
Australia
2022
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Luca Cordaro
Italy
2023
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Christoph Hämmerle
Switzerland
2023
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Frank L. Higginbottom
USA
2023
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Hideaki Katsuyama
Japan
2023
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Dean Morton
USA
2023
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Stephen Chen
Australia
2024
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Daniel Wismeijer
Netherlands
2024
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Urs Brägger
Switzerland
2025
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Christopher Evans
Australia
2025
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Eiji Funakoshi
Japan
2025
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Mario Roccuzzo
Italy
2025
ITI Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
Introduced in 2022, the ITI Distinguished Achievement Award honors individuals within and beyond the ITI who are active in implant dentistry and have contributed significantly to a specific milestone topic in implant dentistry or have been an outstanding ambassador for a particular ITI service or product.
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Anthony Dawson
Australia
2022
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Steven Eckert
USA
2022
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Merete Aaboe
Denmark
2024
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Jocelyne Feine
Canada
2024
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Maurício Araújo
Brazil
2025
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George Zarb
Canada
2025
