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_Prof.Marincola,thisyearBiconiscelebratingits 30th year on the market. How important is this an- niversaryforthecompany? It is not only a special anniversary, but also a 30-year history of an implant design that has pre- vailedwithoutsubstantialchangesandfulfilsmod- ern implantology standards: double platform switching, bevelled implant shoulder, healing chambers and bacterial seal. _How is your company celebrating the anniver- sary? Since New Year’s Eve, we have been celebrating this event with our loyal customers. The festivities are taking place in all of the countries in which we are represented. Additionally, we arranged some specialevents.Particularlynoteworthyareanexcit- ingboatpartyontheRhineduringtheInternational Dental Show and recently a three-day programme of exclusive parties, dinners and presentations in Rome for our closest members and customers. The celebratorytourwillcontinueinJuneinRome,after the Giornate Romane congress organised jointly by OEMUS MEDIA and Bicon (19 and 20 June), and be brought to a triumphant conclusion at our head- quarters in Boston in the US after a trip to South America. _When did you start working with this system, whichisunlikeotherimplantsystems? I placed my first Bicon implants in 1992, when they were still named Stryker Precision. Even then, short implants for non-interlocking single crowns in the posterior area were available to clinicians. In Implant design of the future Author_Georg Isbaner 42 I implants3_2015 In 1981Thomas Diskrell developed theTitanodont- implant, which was perfected and patented under the name DB Precision four years later. Today it is known under Bicon Dental Implant System. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary Georg Isbaner, editor of the implants magazine, spoke with Prof. Mauro Marincola about the history of the special implant-design,theimportanceoftheGermanmar- ket for Bicon and the future of the dental market.