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| interview Become a champion! Author: Katrin Maiterth, Germany Fig. 1: Priv.-Doz. Dr Armin Nedjat, CEO and Managing Director of Champions-Implants. Founded eleven years ago, the company Champions -Implants distributes implant systems and innovative products such as Smart Grinder, in Germany, Europe and worldwide. At this year’s IDS in Cologne, implants spoke to Priv.-Doz. Dr med. dent. Armin Nedjat, CEO and Managing Director, about the com- pany’s beginnings, his work as both a practising dentist as well as Managing Director, the company’s future plans and, of course, how to become a champion! Dr Nedjat, where did you get the idea of founding Champions-Implants? The idea for Champions-Implants came to me at a very early stage. After having graduated in Frankfurt am Main in 1993, I first entered my father’s practice in 1994. My father had started his implantological work again in 1976. In the further education training ses- sions, which I started to give from an early point on in my career, I introduced different implant systems to dentists—also two-component systems. The problem which presented itself to me during that time was ob- vious: Implant systems were far too expensive for the general dentist and thus not suitable for the broader public. I then decided to develop a system available for everyone. Who is the company’s target group? Our main customers are the generally practicing dentists; meaning those doing endodontics as well as the so called „small surgery“. The Smart Grinder for ex- ample is a device which generates valuable, autolo- gous bone substitutes from extracted, and patients own teeth and is thus an absolute must-have for any dental practice extracting teeth. With this device, the volume of hard- and soft-tissue is maintained. How has your dental work helped you to succeed as Managing Director? My daily work experiences as a dentist have a major influence on my work as Managing Director, since ideas for new products mainly arise out of the dental practice. Moreover, a lot of input is coming from the practitioners themselves who contact me via phone or during one of our training sessions at the Champions® Future Center. From what they suggest and my own experiences, we develop and design something of great relevance to the daily practice. Who is developing the products at Champions - Implants? The product development is done by Norbert Bomba, Vice CEO and Managing Director of the com- pany, and my person. We also rely, of course, on a great network of experts. In the area of zirconium, we have been working for a long time now with Dr Wolf- gang Burger and his team. Regarding the develop- ment of the Smart Grinder, we cooperated with Itzhak Binderman from Tel Aviv, Israel, and his son Amit Bind- ermann from New York, USA, to whom we keep up a very friendly relationship till today. Working with such a great team is absolutely fantastic! Which was the first product in the Champions- Implants’ portfolio? Our initial product was the one-piece square- shaped implant followed by the one-pieced, ball- 40 implants 2 2017