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Figs. 1 & 2_Prof. Dr Dr Grafelmann now and then. _On 16 February,Prof.DrDrHansL.Grafelmann,a pioneerofimplantologyandthefoundingpresidentof theGermanAssociationofDentalImplantology(DGZI), celebratedhis90th birthday. Traditionally, round-number anniversaries such as thisoneareusedtolistallachievementsinchronologi- cal order and honour them accordingly—which will be doneasitdeservesbelow.Incongratulatinghim,Iwould like to take a more personal look back at the accom- plishmentsofamanwhomIhaveknownfrommywork as an editor and organiser of numerous implantology congressesfor22years. In1994,whenOEMUSMEDIAfirstorganizedanim- plantology congress—the first IEC Implantologie-Ein- steiger-Congress (which this year is being held under the name IMPLANTOLOGIE START UP in Düsseldorf for the22nd time)—implantologyinGermanywasstillatits beginning.Although,in1970already,someenthusiasts around the then 45-year-old dentist from Bremen es- tablished the DGZI, which was the first European or- ganisationfordentalimplantology. Today, in Germany alone, there are three profes- sionalassociationsfordentistsworkinginimplantden- tistry, in addition to the DGZI, with several thousand members. From a handful of implant systems world- wide, an overwhelmingly large implantology market Pioneer of implantology celebrates 90th birthday Author_Jürgen Isbaner 46 I implants2_2015 Fig. 1 Fig. 2

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