EAO Annual Review 2013–2014 by European Association for Osseointegration

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Annual Review, 2014

Message from the President

European Association for Osseointegration

t gives me great pleasure to introduce the EAO’s 2014 annual review. This describes the achievements of the association over the last 12 months, and also provides an opportunity to look forward to 2015. During the General Assembly in Rome on 26 September 2014, Professor Søren Schou stepped down from the board having completed his tenure as Past President. I know that my fellow board members will support me unanimously in thanking Søren for the great contribution he has made to the EAO. During his presidency he oversaw some complex changes to the association’s statutes and internal rules which have ensured the EAO is now optimally placed to develop and grow. He also chaired the scientific meeting in Copenhagen in 2012. This was a hugely successful event that involved an incredible amount of work on Søren’s behalf. We will very much miss his energy and commitment.

EAO Board of Directors President Pascal Valentini Past President Søren Schou President Elect Björn Klinge Treasurer Alberto Sicilia Secretary General Luca Cordaro Members Henning Schliephake Franck Renouard Gil Alcoforado Reinhilde Jacobs Ronald Jung

All of our committees have been very active over the last 12 months, and they have a busy schedule for the coming year. I would like to acknowledge the invaluable work of the Congress Committee, Scientific Programme Subcommittee and Abstract Subcommittee in organising this year’s meeting in Rome. They put together an outstanding scientific programme, developing the format of the meeting to include many innovations, which we will build on in future years. Once again, the Abstract Subcommittee carried out an immense amount of work in reviewing the huge number of abstracts received. 2014 marked a record year for abstract submissions, emphasising the value that researchers place on being a part of our meeting. During the year the Education Committee made significant strides in developing the EAO’s new education programme, due to launch in 2015. This is a complex project that has involved detailed coordination and planning. The Certification Subcommittee continued to promote the EAO’s Certificate in Implant-based Therapy, which links in with the education programme. Plans were also finalised for the first of a series of Master Clinician Courses that the EAO will be organising during 2015. The Junior Committee held its third summer camp earlier this year and contributed a parallel session to both the 2013 meeting in Dublin and this year’s meeting in Rome. Its

members continue to play a key part in inspiring younger clinicians and researchers, and encouraging them to support the EAO’s work. The Communication and Membership Committee and its Inspyred Subcommittee and Online Communication Subcommittee also had a busy year. The EAO website was redesigned, and branding for the annual scientific meeting was updated. The association also launched a social media presence on both Facebook and Twitter. Inspyred continued to develop and flourish, featuring incisive articles and growing significantly in length. The EAO’s fourth Consensus Conference will take place in February 2015 and will make a valuable contribution to knowledge in our field. The findings will be published as a supplement in Clinical Oral Implants Research, and also reported on at our meeting in Stockholm next September. Following this General Assembly, my term as President will be over, and I would like to thank my colleagues on the EAO’s board and committees for their support during the past two years. It has been an honour to serve as EAO President. During the General Assembly, Björn Klinge will be formally elected as my successor and it is an honour for me to hand over the presidency to him. Björn has outlined some of his goals for the next two years later on in this review, and has also provided some information on our 2015 scientific meeting in Stockholm, which he will be chairing. I wish him the very best for his presidency. Pascal Valentini

Left to right: Theo Kapos, Franck Renouard, Pascal Valentini, Gil Alcoforado, Søren Schou, Björn Klinge, Henning Schliephake, Luca Cordaro, Reinhilde Jacobs, Alberto Sicilia, Ronald Jung.

Report of the

Congress Committee

Chairperson Luca Cordaro Members Klaus Gotfredsen Carlo Maiorana Friedrich Neukam Franck Renouard

Frank Schwarz

he Congress Committee has implemented a range of changes to the congress format that were proposed to the EAO board and accepted after a fruitful meeting in January 2013. The driving force behind these changes has been to make the congress more interactive, and to introduce a theme that runs throughout the whole event. The design of the main session was completely changed to enable this core theme to be developed during the course of the conference. Feedback from delegates at the Rome event will be used to refine these new features so they can be improved further and incorporated into the programme for Stockholm 2015. Another significant development for Rome 2014 was the introduction of a new format for the oral communication sessions. A total of seven of these sessions were timetabled in the programme, a much greater number than at any previous EAO congress. Several of them focused on specific themes selected by the Scientific Programme Subcommittee. During the awards ceremony, an additional prize was awarded, with the clinical research prize divided into two categories: one for surgically-related research and a second for prosthetically-oriented research. This additional prize reflects the greater number of oral communications sessions. A record number of abstracts was received for the Rome Congress, suggesting that participants found the idea of additional and more structured oral communications sessions appealing. On behalf of the Congress Committee, I would like to thank the Abstract Subcommittee for the huge amount of work they did in assessing the 748 abstracts that were submitted. 617 of these were accepted. In addition to the new themed main session, the Rome meeting featured several interactive arena sessions. These took the form of a debate where speakers presented different approaches to the same clinical problem. Some speakers were in favour of a particular approach, while others criticised it. We hope delegates found this approach interesting. Innovations included the introduction of a voting system to enable delegates to express their views on particular questions. Other new features included a quick-fire poster presentation session to showcase the best posters submitted, and an increased range of hands-on workshops supported by industry partners. These changes were motivated by a desire to ensure the EAO meeting remains a cutting-edge event for all those with a clinical or scientific interest in implant dentistry. This year we introduced a new category of student delegates who made up around 20% of registrations. This included both graduate and undergraduate students. The EAO congress has traditionally been very well attended by students and young academics, and is known for being a forum for presenting new research. This has become a very important goal for young clinicians, many of whom aspire to present a poster at the EAO meeting and to have their abstract published in Clinical Oral Implants Research. The EAO believes it is vital to continue encouraging and enabling students and young academics to attend and participate in the meeting. 3

A dedicated session for local societies was introduced this year and we plan to build on this in future years, giving local associations an opportunity to co-host their own meeting at the same time as the EAO meeting. We also introduced a guest country session, which this year focused on Korea. The Korean delegation put together a very appealing programme enabling them to showcase research and technical developments from their scientific community. We will build on this initiative by inviting other guest countries from beyond the boundaries of Europe in future years. The EAO meeting last came to Italy 13 years ago and it has been a great pleasure to welcome the congress to Rome again in 2014. Luca Cordaro

Report of the

Scientific Programme Subcommittee

Chairperson Luca Cordaro Members Hugo De Bruyn Ronald Jung Theo Kapos Björn Klinge

he Scientific Programme Subcommittee developed the programme for the Rome 2014 meeting around the theme of ‘Simplification, Predictability, Quality to achieve Results’. The letters SPQR also denote the Latin phrase senatus populusque romanus, a fitting link for a congress taking place in the historic city of Rome. The theme of the meeting was chosen to reflect the changing nature of implant dentistry in Europe, which in turn reflects an evolving economic situation. This has led to an increasingly strong focus on dental (and medical) treatment that is both high quality and affordable. Dentistry is largely privately funded and the SPQR theme examined the dental world’s obligation to provide patients with affordable treatment that does not compromise clinical outcomes. The EAO believes that the key to achieving this is based on simplifying treatment while simultaneously maintaining the highest quality standards to ensure predictable results. It also recognises that this is a big challenge for dentists, and will probably be the most important factor the profession has to concentrate on in the future. The Scientific Programme Subcommittee therefore set about building a programme and inviting a faculty of speakers to present evidence-based science that can take us towards the goal of SPQR. At the same time, the programme was firmly rooted in practical messages for day-to-day practice. This reflects the EAO’s core commitment to ‘bridging the gap between science and clinical practice’.

Carlo Maiorana Bjarni Pjetursson Franck Renouard Karl Andreas Schlegel Frank Schwarz Alberto Sicilia

When developing the programme, members of the committee were asked to chair one of the main or arena sessions, and were then given responsibility for identifying and selecting speakers for that session. The EAO board reviewed the proposed faculty of speakers to ensure that an appropriate range of expertise was represented across the sessions. Speakers were then formally invited to participate. The committee found that the concept of appointing a key individual as a reference point for each of the sessions was a useful one, which we hope will be continued in future. To ensure continuity of the key theme that ran throughout the three main sessions, the chair of the congress acted as co-chair for each of these sessions. Once again the committee was honoured that so many world-class speakers accepted its invitation to present at the EAO meeting. Selecting a faculty of over 150 speakers is a significant challenge, and the Scientific Programme Subcommittee aimed to achieve a balance between inviting the most well-known and well-established speakers, while also making space for newer figures who will become the key opinion-formers of tomorrow. We also endeavoured to introduce novel topics into the programme to ensure it was of interest to even the most experienced delegates.

The winners of the EAO’s three scientific competitions were each presented with a bespoke trophy at the meeting in Dublin.

On behalf of the committee, I hope we achieved our goals and would welcome feedback from readers who wish to make suggestions for future congresses. Luca Cordaro

Report of the

Chairperson Bjarni Pjetursson Co-chairs Ralf-Joachim Kohal

Abstract Subcommittee

Irena Sailer Members Thomas Albrektsson Matteo Chiapasco

he role of the Abstract Committee is to evaluate the large number of abstracts submitted each year to the annual EAO scientific meeting. A new record of 748 abstracts was achieved for the 2014 EAO meeting in Rome, of which 617 were accepted. Whether the reason for the increased number is increased research activity, increased interest in the EAO scientific meeting or simply the attraction of the beautiful city of Rome is difficult to say. The abstracts accepted for the meeting were categorised as follows:

Nikolaos Donos Klaus Gotfredsen Robert Haas Flemming Isidor Matthias Kern Andrea Mombelli Timo Närhi Gerry Raghoebar

Oral communications Basic research

Henning Schliephake

Clinical research, prosthetic aspects

Lars Schropp

Clinical research, surgical aspects

Massimo Simion

NEW – implant insertion after tooth extraction: clinical outcomes with different approaches (including socket preservation, immediate, early and delayed placement)

NEW – long-term outcome of implant restorations in the aesthetic zone

NEW – treatment of technical and biological complications

Poster presentations

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Hendrik Terheyden Daniel Thoma Ann Wennerberg Jörg Wiltfang

Posters Basic research

203

Implant insertion after tooth extraction: clinical outcomes with different approaches

Implant therapy outcomes, prosthetic aspects

Implant therapy outcomes, surgical aspects

178

Long-term outcome of implant restorations in the aesthetic zone

Treatment of technical and biological complications

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545

Submitted abstracts were prepared by Colloquium, the EAO’s conference management partner, so that committee members could view them online without seeing the names of the authors or their affiliations.

Ofer Moses, winner, Basic Research Competition

Kees Stellingsma, winner, Clinical Research Competition

Rubens Spin-Neto, winner, Poster Presentation Competition

Winners of the EAO’s research competitions, 2013, photographed with their trophies during the Dublin meeting.

The reviewers who make up the committee are selected according to their expertise in one of six areas of implant therapy (see panel below). Every abstract submitted for the basic and clinical research competitions, and for the short oral presentations, is reviewed by five reviewers. Two of these are selected from the groups of experts detailed opposite. The other three reviewers are the committee chair and its two co-chairs (known as the restricted abstract committee). The five reviewers each grade the abstracts on a scale from one to five (1: Not acceptable. 2: Poor. 3: Fair. 4: Good. 5: Excellent). Of the abstracts submitted for the research competition, the 14 with the highest mean scores for basic research, the 15 with the highest mean score for clinical research (prosthetic) and the 14 with the highest mean score for clinical research (surgical aspects) were selected to participate in the research competition. Three new sessions on specific topics such as implant insertion after tooth extraction, long-term outcome of implant restorations in the aesthetic zone, and treatment of technical and biological complications were featured in the programme this year. For the second time there was also a poster presentation session with 11 short presentations. The remaining 545 abstracts with a mean score of at least 2.0 were accepted as poster presentations. The final step of the review process was to select 20 candidates for EAO travel grants. As in previous years, the Abstract Subommittee was very impressed by the number, quality and range of abstracts submitted, and believes the selected abstracts will make a valuable contribution to bringing new research in the field to the awareness of the scientific community. Bjarni Pjetursson

Committee members areas of expertise 1. Implant therapy outcomes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; surgical aspects 2. Implant therapy outcomes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; prosthetic aspects 3. Tissue augmentation and engineering 4. Technical and biological complications 5. Basic research 6. Material research

Report of the

Chairperson Henning Schliephake Members Gil Alcoforado

Education Committee and Certification Subcommittee

t the 2013 EAO General Assembly in Dublin, proposals for a new education programme were put to members and approved following a vote. Since then, plans have been drawn up with a view to introducing the new programme during 2015. The EAO has a long-standing commitment to dental education and its aim is ‘to improve the quality of patient care by bridging the gap between science and clinical practice’. The new programme will build on this aim, and also provide a direct route for potential candidates to prepare for the EAO’s Certificate in Implant-based Therapy. It will be open to both EAO members and non-members. The content and format of the programme has been developed to provide unique benefits that are not currently offered by other educational courses. It will be made up of six modules: two each at levels S (straightforward), A (advanced) and C (complex). Candidates will be able to join at the level that suits them. Each of the modules will include three days of on-site training, combining hands-on elements, lectures, seminars, practicals and live surgery. Each module has a detailed table of contents and a sophisticated item schedule to ensure maximum knowledge transfer with minimum overlap with the following and previous modules. The training centres will be in attractive locations across Europe, and the committee will announce details of these over the next few months. Between the individual modules, students will be tutored by the teachers who delivered their previous module, who will

Helena Francisco Gerhard Iglhaut Andreas Stavropoulos help them select cases to prepare, discuss and perform. After treatment, they will be able to talk through these cases with their mentor, as well as their classmates. This highly supportive and structured e-mentoring element also sets the EAO programme apart from other postgraduate courses, and will be augmented by e-learning content. Completing the modules will enable candidates to gain the range of knowledge required to practise at the highest level. The programme will cover all domains of implant dentistry including surgery, prosthodontics, periodontics, treatment planning and maintenance in every module. At the moment the committee is in discussion with two accreditation boards with the goal of securing appropriate accreditation. The programme will be open to all dentists who have practised for at least two years. The education programme has been designed to complement the EAO’s Certificate in Implant-based Therapy. One of the criteria that candidates must meet in order to obtain certification from the EAO is being able to demonstrate that they have 250 hours of theoretical and clinical training (60/40 split). The six modules of the education programme and the additional e-learning activities, as well as the mentoring period, involve 250 hours work, meaning that candidates who successfully complete all six modules will automatically meet this requirement. Henning Schliephake

Certification Subcommittee Chairperson Chantal Malevez Members Georg Mailath-Pokorny Henny Meijer

Certificate in Implant-based Therapy

collecting the data that is required and submitting it to the EAO online completing the written exam completing the oral exam

The workshop included examples of multiple choice questions from past exams, and participants were given the chance to try 20 questions for themselves, after which the answers were explained. A candidate who had previously received the certificate also described the process from his perspective. The Certification Committee was established in 2009 to provide a Europe-wide standardised assessment of skills and expertise within the field of implant-based therapy. The first certification candidates sat their examinations in Glasgow in 2010 and the committee has worked to extend awareness and take-up of the programme since then. Chantal Malevez

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If you would like to be kept up to date with any of the EAO’s educational initiatives, please visit www.eao.org/ education-programme for the latest updates or contact our Secretariat at eao@clq-group.com, saying whether you are interested in the educational programme, certification, the master clinician courses, or all three. Li m ite

During the EAO’s meeting in Dublin, three candidates successfully completed the EAO’s Certificate in Implant-based Therapy, having passed their written and oral examinations the day before. A workshop was also held enabling potential candidates to learn about the certification programme and how to complete it. In 2014, during the EAO’s Rome meeting, a further workshop took place. This provided step-by-step guidance on the three stages required to complete the certification programme:

Current concepts in bone grafting and soft tissue management

Master Clinician Course

Advanced surgical procedures with autogenous bone

Master Clinician Courses The EAO is pleased to announce a new initiative for 2015: the first in a series of Master Clinician Courses. These are designed to enable participants (both EAO members and non-members) to experience a two-day hands-on course with some of the world’s leading clinicians. The first course has been confirmed for March 2015. This is entitled Current concepts in bone grafting and soft tissue management: advanced surgical procedures with autogenous bone and will be hosted by Professor Fouad Khoury. It will take place in Paris from 20–21 March. A second course, on prosthodontics, is currently being planned, and details will be published on the EAO website as soon as they become available. Master clinicians will be selected from among the speakers at the previous year’s EAO annual scientific meeting, enabling anyone who has heard the presentation at the meeting to benefi t from an in-depth, small-group workshop with a practical focus. These courses are being introduced as an additional way of providing the dental community – and EAO members – with new educational opportunities. Gil Alcoforado

Prof. Dr. Fouad Khoury, DMD, PhD

20–21 March 2015, Paris The EAO is pleased to announce a Master Clinician Course, hosted by Professor Fouad Khoury, on current concepts in bone grafting and soft tissue management. Don’t miss this opportunity to take part in a practical course with this world-renowned practitioner. The course will cover topics including safe bone harvesting from all intraoral sites, and advanced grafting procedures, and will feature several practical elements. Book by 30 November 2014 to secure your place at the early bird rate, and save 200 Euros. EAO members receive a substantially discounted registration fee in addition to early bird savings.

Programme Friday 20 March 2015 09.00–10.15

Principles of grafting procedures and bone biology. Pathophysiology of bone transplantation

10.15–11.00

Treatment options with autogenous bone: reconstruction procedures from minor to large 3D defect

11.00–11.30

Break

11.30–12.15

Minimal invasive bone augmentation: bony-lid approach, bone spreading/splitting, bone core technique (plus videos)

12.15–13.00

Biological concept of bone grafting in severe bone loss: Splitted Bone Block (SBB) technique

13.00–14.00

Lunch

14.00–15.00

Safe bone harvesting from all possible intraoral sites: instruments, method, retromolar, ramus, chin, edentulous areas and treatment of the donor site (plus videos)

15.00–15.30

Break

Above: Flyer promoting Master Clinician Course Facing page: Successful 2013 certification candidates Marco Tallarico, Silvio Mario Meloni and Helge Ragnvald Øyri, photographed with Henning Schliephake (left) and Pascal Valentini (right). 9

Report of the

Chairperson Jose Manuel Navarro Members Helena Francisco

Junior Committee

Katarzyna Gurzawska Theo Kapos Frank Schwarz Daniel Thoma

he Junior Committee has continued to play a key role in the EAO’s activities over the last year. Since October 2013 it has elected a new chairman and two new members; presented a parallel session during the annual meeting in Dublin (October 2013); and held its third summer camp. The committee holds regular conference calls (every two to three weeks) to review and advance the projects it is working on. In 2014 it also held a face-toface meeting in Geneva to coincide with the ITI Symposium.

Ferruccio Torsello Nele Van Assche

At the 2014 Rome meeting, the committee presented a session reporting on the activities of this year’s summer camp. Committee chair Jose Manuel Navarro and former chair Theo Kapos also chaired one of the main arena sessions at the Rome meeting, entitled ‘Reducing treatment time: is it always a must?’.

New members and chairperson In May 2013, EAO members were invited to apply for membership of the Junior Committee. Criteria for membership include being a current EAO member; being aged 35 or under; and being a European citizen from a country that is not currently represented on the committee. Shortlisted candidates were contacted in late August and invited to attend a brief interview during the meeting in Dublin. Following these interviews, Katarzyna Gurzawska (Denmark), and Ferruccio Torsello (Italy) were appointed to the committee. At the same time, Theo Kapos (Greece) completed his two-year tenure as Junior Committee Chairperson and was succeeded by Jose Manuel Navarro (Spain).

Junior Committee contribution to Dublin meeting The Junior Committee organised and hosted two events at the Dublin meeting. The first was a networking session targeting all EAO participants who consider themselves to be ‘young at heart’. This included some of the people who participated in the two previous Junior Committee summer camps. The camps brought together young scientists from many disciplines to explore ideas about the future of implant dentistry. The session was open to anyone who wanted to participate, and was designed to encourage more younger dentists to become part of the Junior Committee’s informal network of contacts. The second event organised by the Junior Committee was a parallel session called ‘Learning and sharing clinical dentistry in a virtual world’. This brought together experts in dental education to talk about new techniques that have the potential 10

Left to right: Ferruccio Torsello, Theo Kapos, Nele Van Assche, Jose Manuel Navarro, Katarzyna Gurzawska, Daniel Thoma, Helena Francisco, Frank Schwarz.

to revolutionise how practitioners learn and continue to learn throughout their careers.

Summer camp 2014 The 2014 summer camp was held near Barcelona from 4–6 July. 40 young dental professionals from different backgrounds – many of them representing non-governmental dental organisations – were invited to participate. The Junior Committee was delighted to welcome representatives from some of Europe’s most distinguished dental associations. These included: • • • • • • • • • • • •

Academy of Osseointegration Belgian Society of Periodontology British Association of Oral Surgeons Deutsche Gesellschaft für Implantologie Deutsche Gesellschaft für Parodontologie European Federation of Periodontology European Academy of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology European Association of Osseointegration Osteology Foundation Societa Italiana di Parodontologia Sociedad Española de Periodoncia y Osteointegración Sociedad Española de Prótesis Estomatológica

• • •

Sociedade Portuguesa de Periodontologia e Implantes Swiss Society of Periodontology Ukrainian Society of Periodontists

The purpose of the camp was to explore the future of implant dentistry and its related specialities both in Europe and internationally. Four task groups were created to explore the following topics and generate an agreed response by all members in each group: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Certification in the next 10 years Societies, associations and federations in the next 10 years Continuing education in the next 10 years Clinical innovations in the next 10 years

Following the camp, four papers were written and sent to peer reviewed journals for future publication. The committee gave a presentation on the summer camp at the EAO meeting in Rome on 25 September explaining what had taken place during the camp and the conclusions drawn. A report will also be published in the winter 2014 edition of Inspyred magazine. Jose Manuel Navarro

Left: Summer Camp 2014 11

Report of the

Chairperson Alberto Sicilia

Communication and Membership Committee

Members Jose Manuel Navarro David Nisand Isabella Rocchietta

n 2013 the Communication and Membership Committee produced the first edition of the EAO’s annual review. This was circulated to EAO members at the General Assembly in Dublin, and following positive feedback this second edition has been produced. Copies will be sent to all EAO members in the autumn, providing a record of the work the association has been doing over the past 12 months. In partnership with the Congress Committee and the EAO’s congress partner, Colloquium, branding for the EAO’s annual meeting has been refreshed and modernised. The new branding was used on all the materials produced for the Rome meeting, and has already been incorporated into the first announcement fl yer for Stockholm 2015. These updated designs reflect a range of exciting changes to the meeting format which are described earlier in this review (see Congress Committee). During the year the committee has used EAO branded emails to communicate with members about a variety of initiatives. Monthly messages are sent featuring a summary of the most recent table of contents for Clinical Oral Implants Research. These include click-through links to the abstracts. The design of these emails has recently been refined and refreshed, with the inclusion of guidance to enable members to easily log in and read the full articles. This has been added to ensure that members get the maximum benefi t from their complimentary online access to COIR.

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EAO members receive complimentary access to the online edition of Clinical Oral Implants Research. To view the latest articles in COIR, please log in to the EAO website using your EAO username and password. Once you have logged in, you can use the links below to access any articles you would like to read. Note: if you have forgotten your password, you can use the ‘reset password’ link on the sign-in page on the EAO website. If you have forgotten your username, please email the EAO secretariat who will send you a reminder.

September 25-27, 2014 spqr: simplification, predictability, quality to achieve results Contact In collaboration with

SICOI (Italian Society of Oral Surgery and Implantology) SIO (Italian Society of Osseointegration) SIDP (Italian Society of Periodontology and Implantology) AIOP (Italian Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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Clinical and radiographic outcomes of a combined resective and regenerative approach in the treatment of peri-implantitis: a prospective case series (pages 761–767) Sergio Matarasso, Vincenzo Iorio Siciliano, Marco Aglietta, Gianmaria Andreuccetti and Giovanni E. Salvi Retrospective success and survival rates of dental implants placed with simultaneous bone augmentation in partially edentulous patients (pages 768– 773) Nima Bazrafshan and Ivan Darby Vertical osteoconductivity and early bone formation of titanium–zirconium and titanium implants in a subperiosteal rabbit animal model (pages 774–780) Peer W. K[a WITH DIAERESIS]mmerer, Victor Palarie, Eik Schiegnitz, Sebastien Hagmann, Abdulmonem Alshihri and Bilal Al-Nawas

A retrospective analysis of the resorption rate of deproteinized bovine bone as maxillary sinus graft material on cone beam computed tomography (pages 781–785) S. Umanjec-Korac, G. Wu, B. Hassan, Y. Liu and D. Wismeijer

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Above: New congress branding for Rome meeting Left: Redesigned monthly COIR redesign

Emails have been circulated on a range of other subjects including: • • • •

the 2015 Consensus Conference vacancies on the Junior Committee the Extraordinary General Assembly, held on 14 June in Brussels 2014 applications for the EAO’s certification programme

At last year’s meeting in Dublin, the EAO distributed copies of its booklet The answers to your questions about dental implants. This has been developed as a benefi t for EAO members and has been translated into fi ve European languages, with additional language editions planned for the future. The EAO has arranged for Quintessence Publishing to sell and distribute the booklets on its behalf. To find out more please visit the EAO website. Following discussion with the board at its meeting in June, the committee concluded that producing a printed EAO membership directory is no longer a priority, as members can find contact details for their colleagues using the online directory. This can also be updated as new members join. Instead of a printed directory, members will receive a copy of this annual review in the post during autumn 2014, along with a letter outlining the benefi ts of membership and encouraging them to rejoin for 2015. Our two subcommittees, responsible for the website and Inspyred magazine, have been extremely busy this year, and you can read more about their activities below. I would like to thank them for the very significant work they have accomplished. Alberto Sicilia

EAO announces plans for its fourth consensus conference The EAO has announced that it will hold its fourth consensus conference in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, from 11–14 February 2015. During the conference, experts in implant dentistry from across the world will be invited to discuss a range of key topics. Following the conference, the findings will be published in a supplement of Clinical Oral Implants Research and also presented at the EAO’s congress in Stockholm in October.

The number of EAO members has increased by over 30% during 2014. 390 of the people who have joined the EAO during 2014 are new members.

Below left: Email to EAO members containing information about the 2015 Consensus Conference Below: ‘The answers to your questions about dental implants’ has been published in five languages.

The answers to your questions about dental implants EAO Consensus Conference 2015

What is a consensus conference? A consensus conference brings together experts in a particular field to discuss a range of pre-agreed subjects. Before the conference, a literature review is carried out to identify relevant scientific papers that relate to each subject. The subjects are then debated with the aim of reaching a

What makes the EAO’s consensus conference

Chairpersons Isabella Rocchietta

Report of the

David Nisand

Inspyred Subcommittee

Stefan Fickl Jaime Jiménez Garcia Ailsa Nicol Irena Sailer Alberto Sicilia

Inspyred was launched in September 2013, with Issue 1, Volume 1 being sent to members shortly before the 2013 EAO meeting in Dublin. In the intervening 12 months, the magazine has developed significantly, with a further two editions published and distributed, each furthering the committee’s goal of delivering a truly cutting-edge dental magazine that features content of a type that is not found in other publications – either peer-reviewed journals or membership magazines.

Tommie Van de Velde

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Inspyred was developed to complement Clinical Oral Implants Research, and also to explore subjects that are not generally encountered in traditional journals. It has attracted some very influential contributors, and features opinion articles, case studies and interviews, as well as general EAO news. One of its ongoing goals is to share the cases that do not proceed perfectly, helping clinicians understand how they may be able to avoid complications in their own practice.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 of Inspyred saw eight extra pages added to the magazine, providing additional space for further articles. This enabled the range of content to be further extended. The printed edition of Inspyred is complemented by a website where EAO members can read additional content and see extra photographs and figures that are not included in the printed edition.

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Having considered proposals from three companies, the committee appointed C’Interactive, Colloquium Group, to redesign the two websites. These now have a fresh, look with extremely clear links between them. One serves as the main EAO news Fracture of innew ternathe l zircother onia abpromotes treatment mo site; utment connecthe dality we hav e stopped usin tionsannual scientific meeting. The EAO opted to keep two g in our practic e due to failu re separate websites based on professional advice that two closely linked sites would be more advantageous than a single site.

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he EAO will hold its fourth Consensus Conference from 11–15 February 2015 in Pfäffikon Schwyz, Switzerland. As with previous conferences, this will bring together some of the best qualified and most experienced clinicians and practitioners from across the world. The conference is a closed meeting and will involve around 60 invited participants. The scientific organising committee is made up of Professor Christoph Hämmerle, Professor Björn Klinge and Professor Marc Quirynen. The four topics selected for discussion at the conference will be: • • • •

The patient undergoing implant therapy Computer-supported diagnosis, fabrication and assessment processes Soft and hard tissue aspects Therapeutic concepts and methods

Topics have been selected to reflect the areas the organising committee believes are currently most relevant within the field of implant dentistry. A spread of topics has been selected that encompasses patients, concepts, technology, and the interface of implants and reconstructions with human tissues. The aim of the conference is to develop a consensus on where the current state of knowledge stands on each of the topics, including what we know, and what recommendations we can make for both clinicians and researchers. The methodology involves identifying and assessing existing research evidence, then making recommendations for further research to fill the gaps. Consensus conferences provide an invaluable opportunity for researchers and clinicians to meet and discuss their areas of expertise in detail, face to face. The outcomes always have a very important impact on future research. The EAO’s consensus conferences are unique in that no support or funding from industry is accepted. This ensures a complete lack of industry influence on the outcomes.

Chairpersons Björn Klinge Marc Quirynen Christoph Hämmerle Scientific Thomas Flemmig committee Klaus Gotfredsen members Ignace Naert Friedrich Neukam Bjarni Pjetursson Franck Renouard Irena Sailer Mariano Sanz Henning Schliephake Søren Schou Frank Schwarz

The organising committee is pleased to report that almost all invitations to attend the conference were accepted. This reflects the EAOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standing in the field, and we are delighted that such a highly respected faculty of participants have gone the extra mile to attend. As with all EAO initiatives, the Consensus Conference undergoes regular review and evaluation by the board in order to identify ways in which it can be made more effective. One key goal includes translating the findings more effectively into guidance that general dental practitioners can understand and use. The committee is working to develop a session for the Stockholm 2015 meeting which will help disseminate the findings of next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consensus conference. The committee also met in Rome this year to consider alternative formats for future consensus conferences. The aim is to ensure these important events continue to meet the needs of the scientific and clinical community.

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Stockholm 2015

lans are already well underway for the EAO’s next scientific meeting, which will take place in Stockholm, Sweden from 24 to 26 September 2015. Next year marks a very significant anniversary in the history of implant dentistry. It will be 50 years since the first patient was operated on using the concept of osseointegration. The Stockholm meeting will put this achievement in its historic context, celebrating the pioneers of implant dentistry: Per-Ingvar Brånemark, André Schröeder and Willi Schulte. This historical celebration will be complemented by a full programme of cutting-edge research and practice-based content that focuses on the contemporary challenges facing implant dentistry. Stockholm 2015 will build on the innovations that were introduced during this year’s Rome meeting. The aim is to ensure the EAO congress continues to develop as an exciting, interactive event that engages with delegates and involves them in novel ways. Stockholm will feature the best elements of the Rome programme, and will aim to introduce even more interactivity. The future of implants will be one of the major concepts explored in Stockholm, including an exploration of virtual planning techniques and emerging technologies like 3D printing and the role of the virtual patient. Identifying the causes of complications and taking steps to avoid them will also be a theme of the meeting. This topic will be explored more deeply than at previous EAO congresses, acknowledging that mistakes, mishaps and complications have historically been springboards for important new advances, while at the same time emphasising the importance of avoiding known problems. This fits neatly with the 50 th anniversary theme: with the benefit of 50 years practical experience, it is vital to make sure we appreciate what we have learned and don’t repeat the mistakes we know about.

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The 2015 EAO members dinner will be held at the world-renowned Vasa Museum, where the 17th century warship Vasa is on display.

The meeting will explore the challenge of treating an ageing population from the points of view of rehabilitation, affordability, and successful ongoing maintenance. The debate will include the economic factors that are becoming increasingly relevant to our daily practice. These relate to continued pressure on healthcare budgets, as well as issues that are difficult to resolve, like who is responsible for complications that may occur many years after treatment. A new development for 2015 will be a lecture with a general theme that focuses on a hot topic in the world of medicine and biology. Although not linked directly to implant dentistry, this will provide an engaging insight into an emerging field that may link with implants in the future. We aim to attract a very high-profile figure from the world of science to present this lecture.

Special events for 2015 will include a welcome cocktail at Stockholm City Hall where the Nobel Prize ceremony and banquet is held. A dinner for EAO members and their partners will take place in the breathtaking setting of the Vasa Museum, where guests will experience the finest contemporary Swedish cuisine, and enjoy a private tour of this global award-winning museum. You are warmly invited to join us in Stockholm for what will be a packed and engaging scientific programme, in a world-renowned capital city with much to attract and engage visitors. We look forward to seeing you in September 2015. Bjรถrn Klinge

Finally, the meeting will provide the perfect opportunity to explore the beautiful and welcoming city of Stockholm. Late summer can be a wonderful time of year to visit, and Stockholm offers a vast array of cultural attractions which will ensure that delegates, their partners and families will have a truly memorable experience.

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Message from the President Elect

t is a great honour for me to take on the role of EAO President following the General Assembly in Rome on 26 September 2014. I would like to start by thanking the EAO’s immediate Past President, Pascal Valentini, for the work he has accomplished during his presidency. I would also like to express my gratitude to the EAO’s Board of Directors, whose commitment and hard work continues to be central to the achievement of the association’s aims. My key role as President will be to build on the long-term strategic objectives that the EAO is currently working towards. These include continuing to develop our annual scientific meeting; supporting the implementation of an ambitious education programme; and ensuring the EAO continues to be a thriving membership association that is focused on promoting evidence-based research in the field of implant dentistry. Over the next two years, one area the EAO will emphasise and develop is its education initiatives. In 2015 we will launch our ambitious new education programme, described in more detail by Henning Schliephake earlier in this review. Education is key to the EAO’s aim of ‘Bridging the gap between science and clinical practice’. From a personal perspective, I believe an important continuation of this work is for the EAO to engage with students at an undergraduate level. We are already successfully attracting newly graduated and postgraduate students to our meetings, and many young researchers contribute poster presentations and abstracts. However, there are undergraduates within dental schools who are curious about implant dentistry, and I believe there are opportunities to inspire an interest in this fantastic field. They, after all, will become the researchers, practitioners and opinion-formers of the future.

In 2007 the EAO inaugurated the Junior Committee, and this group has achieved a great deal in a short time. It has enabled a younger generation of implant specialists to shape and influence the development of the EAO. We are now engaging with postgraduate students and young professionals more successfully than ever. A logical extension of this is to reach out to undergraduate students and demonstrate how we can support them during their future careers. As well as a focus on education and engaging with students, I have a third aspiration for my presidency: improving quality in implant treatment. The board has asked me to look into options for developing a quality register for practitioners. This is not meant to be something threatening or intrusive. Instead, it is based on the principle that to be able to improve quality we need something to measure it against. A register could build a body of evidence that would enable us to make meaningful comparisons with others, and provide a foundation for continuous improvement. It would also provide an alert system if things didn’t go the way we expected. Recording data that is based on the work of general dentists placing implants or trying new techniques – recorded in an anonymous way – could provide an amount of data not previously captured for, with great potential benefits for both practitioners and patients. I am very much looking forward to working on these projects in partnership with my colleagues on the EAO’s Board of Directors. On behalf of the board as a whole, I welcome feedback from you, our members, on all aspects of our work, so please do contact me if you have suggestions or requests (b.klinge@eao.org). Björn Klinge

Report on the EAO’s journal

Clinical Oral Implants Research

linical Oral Implants Research (COIR) is the official journal of the EAO. In the 2012 Journal Citation Reports, the impact factor for Clinical Oral Implants Research was 3.123. It is ranked 4 out of the 82 international dentistry journals listed and 14 out of the 79 engineering biomedical journals listed. Clinical Oral Implants Research conveys scientific progress in the field of implant dentistry and its related areas to clinicians, teachers and researchers concerned with the application of this information for the benefi t of patients in need of oral implants. The journal addresses itself to clinicians, general practitioners, periodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons and prosthodontists, as well as to teachers, academicians and scholars involved in the education of professionals and in the scientific promotion of the field of implant dentistry. EAO members receive complimentary access to the online edition of COIR as part of their subscription. A substantially reduced subscription to the printed edition is also available to members. With its extremely high impact factor, COIR has established itself as one of the most important scientific journals in the field of implant dentistry. It is a leading international platform for published research on both basic and clinical research topics. Many papers are published as ‘early view’ articles on the COIR website before they appear in the print edition. EAO members receive complimentary access to these early view articles, along with an extensive set of tools for creating and saving customised searches, as well as storing and downloading papers that are of particular interest to them. At least one COIR supplement is published each year, featuring all abstracts accepted for the EAO’s annual scientific meeting. Other supplements are published occasionally, for instance following the EAO’s consensus conferences. A variety of papers on specific aspects of the EAO’s work also appear in COIR. One such example is the ‘EAO guidelines for the use of diagnostic imaging in implant dentistry 2011’.

Making the most of your online subscription to Clinical Oral Implants Research Members of the European Association for Osseointegration enjoy free access to the online edition of Clinical Oral Implants Research (COIR). The journal forms part of the Wiley Online Library, a collection of 1,500 online journals comprising over four million articles. EAO members can access all editions of COIR, both current and historical. They can also use the library’s powerful search features to find related articles from other publications. If you haven’t explored the Wiley Online Library, this article will help you get the most from your complimentary COIR subscription, along with the library’s other benefits.

Accessing COIR online To access COIR online, start by visiting the EAO’s home page (www.eao.org) and 1 click member access. Then enter your email address and password. Once you have logged in, 2 click on the red Publications link then the COIR link under the COIR image. This will take you to the COIR home page.

How to get the most from a search If you have a particular topic in mind that you would like to find out more about, 3 enter it into the search box. The two most common search options are: – within COIR only – among all content on the site (4m articles) Example: number of results for ‘immediate loading’ In this journal

824 articles

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The advanced search option lets you build complex, conditional searches to narrow down your results to a manageable number of articles.

Tip: you can ignore the login box at the top of this screen. Providing you have logged into the EAO website and followed the link from there, you will now have full access to COIR.

The EAO’s association with COIR reflects the association’s core aims of promoting scientific research and evidence-based practice in the field of implant dentistry.

Above: Earlier this year EAO members received an email and accompanying PDF download explaining how to get the most out of their complimentary online subscription to COIR.

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Governance, statutes and accounting procedures

he EAO is governed by a set of statutes that define key operational matters such as how decisions are made; procedures for holding elections; and procedures for amending the statutes. These can be downloaded from the EAO website. The EAO appoints an accounting firm to conduct an audit each year in accordance with the legal requirements and the auditing standards applicable in Belgium, as issued by the Institute of Registered Auditors (Institut des Reviseurs dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Entreprises/Instituut der Bedrijfsrevisoren). Those standards require that the audit should obtain reasonable assurance as to whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. The auditor performs a substantial audit approach on the balance sheet and on the statement of revenues and expenditures, since the organisation has a limited size and segregation of duties. The examination includes such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as are considered necessary in the circumstances. Confirmations from the banks and suppliers are analysed and reconciled with the accounts. The results of the audit are presented to the General Assembly every year. Should you have any questions relating to the EAO operations, do not hesitate to contact Soazig Daniel, the Association Manager, at eao@clq-group.com.

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he EAO’s activities are managed by a series of committees, as shown in the diagram above. Each committee appoints members using guidelines set out in the EAO’s internal rules, which also define how long someone can serve on a committee for. With the exception of the Board of Directors, whose members are appointed following a vote at the General Assembly, the Board of Directors can appoint members to an individual committee according to its needs. Committees can also establish subcommittees to carry out a specific task, which is often time-limited. The EAO depends for its success on the generosity of its members, many of whom sit on these committees, giving their time freely to advance the association’s goals. The board would like to express its gratitude to all committee members and the invaluable work they do. Their contribution is essential in ensuring that the EAO remains a member-focused organisation that continues to grow and develop to meet members’ needs.

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