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implants international magazine of oral implantology

I meetings _Since your establishment, dental implantology has undergone a tumultuous development which is still continuing.AstheoldestGermanimplantologicalso- ciety, where do you see the DGZI’s currently biggest challenges? Prof.Deppe:Inregardoftheimplantologicalsoci- eties, I see a big challenge in their strengthening. Spin-offs lead to small organisations with possibly onlyafewhundredmembers,whicharenottakense- riouslyanymore.Suchnegativeconsequencescanbe seen on the part of the trade unions. For me it is im- portant to tackle this in a cooperative way. The diffi- culty of establishing this cooperative thought be- comes clear when thinking of the joint event of the big implantological societies in Munich planned in the year before which unfortunately failed to come about. That’s pretty sad, I think. For science, development has to focus on materi- alsresearchontheonehand—especiallyintheareaof high-performance ceramics—but also on the bio- logisationofimplantsontheotherhand.Thismeans: moving away from “death material” towards the “toothfromthetesttube”.Experimentsonmicedoal- ready point the way for how to grow a “third teeth”. This is one of the challenges science has to face. Speakingofeducation,atrainingofallthosewho have not dealt with implantology yet is very impor- tant to me—this especially includes the dental tech- nicians. From my point of view, the DGZI is a leading force in the integration of dental technicians. _Which goals did you set yourself for your presi- dency? In the first place, I want to move forward the in- tensification of the contacts with other specialised fields as periodontology or colleagues from pros- theticsandbiomechanics.Thereby,Iwouldliketoex- tend the already existing personal contacts and those of the DGZI; here is still something to do. As leading author or co-author of three guidelines of theDGZMK,Ihavegoodcontactstootherspecialised fields as the German Association for Periodontology, which I would like to win for joint congresses. „Hold the profile of the DGZI and intensify contacts to other scientific societies” Author_Markus Brakel, Germany 44 I implants4_2014 On the 44th annual congress of the GermanAssoci- ationofDentalImplantology(DGZI),Prof.DrHerbert Deppe was elected president of the society by the members’ assembly. For three years, Prof. Deppe was assessor of the executive committee.As asso- ciateprofessorfordentalsurgeryandimplantology heteachesattheTUMunichandduetohishugeen- gagementhehasalotofcontactstootherscientific societies and institutions in the dental world. In the following interview carried out by Markus Brakel, press spokesman of the DGZI, Prof. Deppe talks about goals and challenges concerning his presi- dency but also the DGZI in total. Prof. Dr Herbert Deppe

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