implants_international magazine of oral implantology No. 3, 2016

36 implants 3 2016 UNAM Congress 2016 in Mexico City Author: Dr Rolf Vollmer, Germany With the theme “Maintaining and extending long-­ standing friendships”, many DGZI members of the board were invited to this year’s congress of the Na- tional Autonomous University of Mexico in May. The university is among the oldest and greatest universities of the American continent. Members of the board Dr Rolf Vollmer, Dr Rainer Valentin, Dr Navid Salehi and ­ international DGZI representative Dr Mazen TamimiformJordanfollowedtheinvitationtoMexico. Already for the second time was the DGZI present at the UNAM Congress in Mexico City. This is one of the largest dental congresses in the Americas. More than 8,000 participants, among them students, ­ dentists, dental technicians and dental assistants ­ attended this year’s event. The congress was paral- leled by an extensive dental exhibition. Implantological aspects were mostly covered by DGZI speakers. Mexico’s DGZI Representative Dr Mario Rodrigues had organised an excellent pro- gramme. A special highlight awaited the participants atthefirstcongressnight.Morethan100participants and guests gathered to inform themselves about the DGZI. During the evening event, UNAM dean of the dentalfacultyJoséAturoFernándezPedrerothanked the DGZI for their impressive speeches. These gave insight to the latest implantological techniques and research projects, for example finite elements inves- tigations at the University of Bonn, Germany, which had been funded by the DGZI. The DGZI speakers agreed on supporting their ­ Mexican colleagues in the future. Next year, a con- gress especially designed for younger members will take place in Cancun. Member of the board Dr Navid Salehi, who is among the representatives of the DGZI young implantologists, will be responsible for the congress organisation. Overall, the event illustrated thegoodpositioningandscientificrecognitionofthe DGZI worldwide._ Fig. 1: Speakers of the UNAM Congress. Fig. 2: Mexico’s culture was explored for leisure. Fig. 1 Fig. 2 | events 32016

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