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implants international magazine of oral implantology

I education 44 I implants2_2012 _Highly topical lectures, prominent speakers and lively discussions made up the first ITI Congress Switzerland. It was attended by more than 500 pro- fessionals and specialists in implant dentistry and tookplaceinBielagainstthemagnificentbackdropof the lake and surrounding hills. Thecongressdealtwiththelifecycleofanimplant andcoveredaspectsfromtreatmentplanningtopos- sible complications. Speakers from universities, spe- cialists from private practice and dental technicians took part in the program. Representatives from the Universities of Basel, Bern, Geneva and Zurich in- volved in peri-implantitis treatment elaborated their positionandcontributedtoaspiritedroundtabledis- cussion. An industry exhibition rounded off the suc- cessfulcongressandprovidedparticipantswithvalu- able information on current products and trends. “This was the first time that an ITI national con- gresswasheldinSwitzerlandandwewereveryhappy with the way it went”, says Prof Dr Nicola Zitzmann, ITI Education Delegate Switzerland. “It provided an excellent opportunity for Swiss ITI Members and Fel- lowsaswellasotherdentalprofessionalstogetupto dateonthelatestdevelopmentsinimplantdentistry.” Only a few days later, the ITI Congress Iberia took place.Wellover750professionalsinimplantdentistry attended the congress which was held in Santiago de Compostela. The congress dealt with evidence-based implant dentistry and offered a diverse program with parallelsessionsfordentaltechniciansandhygienists. It also included an industry exhibition, pre-congress courses and hands-on workshops, which were highly appreciated by the participants. “We received very positive feedback and were very happy with the smooth way the event took place”, said Juan Blanco, Chair of the ITI Section Iberia, which is just about to pass the 450-mark for Fellows and Members. Various top speakers from Iberia and abroad, among them Stephen Chen from Australia and Ger- man Gallucci from the US, contributed significantly to the overall success of the congress and provided the audience with valuable input. The Chancellor of the University of Santiago as well as the Dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry also attended the congress, thus signaling the importance of the event for the region._ ITICongressesSwitzerland andIberiaagreatsuccess Author_ITI Center ITI – International Team for Implantology ITI Center,Peter Merian-Weg 10 4052 Basel,Switzerland iticenter@iticenter.ch www.iti.org _contact implants [PICTURE: ©PECOLD]