implants - international magazine of oral implantology

editorial I I 03implants2_2013 _IDS 2013 has both met and exceeded any expectations implantologists could foster to- wards the world’s leading international dental exhibition. With more than 15 million implants already inserted in Germany alone and over 800,000 implantations every year, implantology is a regular focal point at IDS and many implantologists are among the visitors. AstheoldestEuropeansocietyforimplantology,DGZI(GermanSocietyofOralImplantology) took its responsibility as an internationally active organisation for dental implantologists seri- ously and was present with its own booth. Specialists from around the world were welcome to learn more about the DGZI training programs and DGZI membership. The DGZI booth was also a meeting point for regular members both nationally and internationally. The DGZI executive board,amongthemDGZIPresidentProf.DrDrFrankPalm,DrRolandHilleandDrRainerValentin, wereavailableforanyrequeststhroughoutIDS,providingaspiringandlong-termmembers,co- operationpartnersaswellasthemediawithinformationonfutureeventsandactivitiesofDGZI. One of the central topics was of course the 43rd DGZI International Congress from 3 to 5 Oc- tober 2013 in Berlin. “Practice-Oriented Implantology” will be this year’s headline of the tradi- tional DGZI meeting led by Congress President Prof. Dr Dr Frank Palm and Scientific Director Dr Roland Hille. The DGZI International Congress has established itself as a meeting point for novice as well as highly experienced clinicians, presenting the latest scientific insights and evi- dence-based clinical observations on the current developments in this special field. With this in mind, the DGZI executive board is happy to have promoted implantology suc- cessfullyatIDSandstrivestoreflectDGZI’sactivitiesandinternationalorientationagaininthis issueofimplants—internationalmagazineoforalimplantology.Therefore,wehopeyouwillen- joy reading the specialist articles on the following pages and will be glad to welcome specialists in implantology again in Berlin this fall! Yours, Dr Rolf Vollmer Practice-oriented implantology Dr Rolf Vollmer