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education I I 43implants2_2012 _The CAMLOG Foundation is a foundation estab- lished by scientists under Swiss law. It engages in tar- geted support of gifted young scientists, promotion of basicandappliedresearch,andcontinuingtrainingand educationtopromoteprogressinimplantdentistryand relatedfieldstoservethepatient.Aspartofitsscientific mission,theCAMLOGFoundationhasassumedpatron- age of the International CAMLOG Congresses, which takeplaceeverytwoyears. Under the motto “Feel the pulse of science in the heart of Switzerland”, CAMLOG invited everyone to Lucerne,Switzerland,forthe4th InternationalCongress —and they ALL came. More than 1,300 participants reached a new record attendance in the internal con- gressrankingoftheCAMLOGGroup,whoagainunder- scoreditsclaimtoplaceamonginternationalleadersin implantdentistrywiththisimpressivesuccess. Thestartingshotforcongressactivitieswasgivenon Thursday,May3,adaybeforetheactualcongress,with fourGerman/Englishworkshopsthathadbeensoldout well in advance. These theoretical and practical events on all aspects of soft-tissue management were held at 2,100metersabovesealevelonMountPilatus,aunique location only accessible by cogwheel railway or aerial cableway with a fascinating view of an ensemble of morethan70alpinepeaks. Then on May 4and 5at the Culture and Congress Center in Lucerne on Lake Lucerne, an internationally renownedpanelofspeakerspresentedthe'stateofthe art' of implant dentistry. The range of topics included: innovations in implant-abutment connections, long- term clinical experience with platform switching, the demographicshiftandincreasinglyagingpatients,cur- rent trends in digital dentistry, and “meet the experts” withcomplexcasesandpatients,includingalivelypanel discussion. As the concluding participant survey showed, the connection between the scientific content of the first morningofthecongressandthepracticaltopicsofFri- dayafternoonandSaturdaywasviewedasparticularly successfulandinstructive. And not to miss out on the “social networking”, CAMLOG invited to two raving parties. Both on Friday andSaturdayevening,happycongressparticipantsand partygoers made certain that “Let's rock the Alps” was literally experienced by all invited by CAMLOG to the “Rigi”,Lucerne's“exclusive”mountain. Againstthebackgroundofthisresoundingsuccess, the CAMLOG Foundation disclosed immediately at the end of the Lucerne congress that the 5th International CAMLOG Congress, for which planning has already started,willbeheldinSpainin2014._ 4th International CAMLOG Congress Author_CAMLOG Foundation CAMLOG Foundation Margarethenstrasse 38 4053 Basel,Switzerland info@camlogfoundation.org www.camlogfoundation.org _contact implants QR-Code: Impressions of the CAMLOG Congress. Scan QR-code with your smartphone. [PICTURE:©YURCHYKS]