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| events Clear mission for ceramic implants IAOCI World Congress 2017 in Miami Georg Isbaner, Germany © GagliardiImages/Shutterstock.com From 16 to 18 February, the International Academy of Ceramic Implants (IAOCI) invited participants to its 6th International Annual Congress in Miami, Florida. Pro- viding a range of expert speakers, the three-day sympo- sium enabled nearly 100 participants from all parts of the world to deepen their knowledge regarding the basics as well as further possibilities of ceramic implantology. In his opening words to the 6th IAOCI World Con- gress on 17 February and speaking in front of a large audience, founder and President of IAOCI, Dr Sammy Noumbissi, referred to the fact that “in 2011, when the International Academy of Ceramic Implants held its first annual congress, 25 people, including members of the exhibiting companies, participated in the event”. Dr Noumbissi was clearly proud to present the interna- tional auditorium with a similarly international as well as renowned team of excellent expert speakers. The focus of this year’s congress were implants made of zirconium dioxide which aim to reach the capability of titanium im- plants.However, before this can be achieved numerous long-term studies and case numbers must show reliable results and convincing outcomes to firmly establish and underpin this claim. With this in mind, the IAOCI has set itself the task, to compile and assemble the required data in regular panels, such as the one in Miami, Florida. Hence, participants of the 6th IAOCI World Congress discussed in great detail material specific data, surface texture, prosthetic possibilities as well as the biologi- cal characteristics of ceramic implants which must be measured against those of their implant siblings made of titanium. Ceramic implants have a seemingly clear mission: They are set out to make peri-implant inflammation less likely and reach better aesthetic results in, for example, the an- 52 implants 1 2017