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implants - international magazine of oral implantology

I education By the end of the congress, the DGZI organisers were pleased to conclude that the dental society is well-positionedandreadyforthefuture.“DGZIdoes differ!”, therefore was the appropriate welcome of DGZI president Prof Dr Dr Frank Palm for more than 500 participants from 18 countries, among them also visitors from partner societies from Japan and Arabia. DGZI vice president Dr Roland Hille proudly reported that more than forty expert speakers had agreed to participate in the congress and that each lecture was written exclusively for the DGZI con- gress. _Implantology called into question With Prof Dr Jörg R. Straub, Freiburg, Germany, Prof Dr Thomas Weischer, Essen, Germany, and ba- sic research Prof Dr Werner Götz, Bonn, Germany, with his co-speaker Dr Rolf Vollmer, three interna- tionally renowned lecturers entered the podium. Dr DanielFerrari,Düsseldorf,Germany,complemented thesometimescriticaltoneofthepreviousspeakers inanidealfashionwhenhetalkedaboutminimising patient discomfort by effective surgical manage- ment. Dr Albert Mehl from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich inspired the audience with his speechontheopportunitiesCAD/CAMapplications provide for implant restorations. 42nd internationalannual congress:DGZIstaysontarget Author_Dr Georg Bach, Germany Translated by_Claudia Jahn, Germany 40 I implants4_2012 Prof Dr Frank Palm Not only was “quality-oriented implantology” the topicofthisyear’sannualcongressofEurope’sold- est implantological society in Hamburg, Germany, but it is also a concept to which DGZI is committed. This commitment showed especially during the press conference on Friday afternoon and contin- ued to be the recurrent theme of the two congress days,starting 5 October 2012.