EDI - European Association of Dental Implantologists
EDI - European Association of Dental Implantologists
EDI - European Association of Dental Implantologists
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22<br />
<strong>EDI</strong><br />
<strong>EDI</strong> News<br />
Foreword<br />
History <strong>of</strong> the Scientific<br />
Recognition <strong>of</strong> Oral Implantology<br />
When DGZMK, the German umbrella organization for dentistry and dental science, recognized oral implantology as a scientific<br />
discipline on 24 September 1982, implantology had reached the – albeit highly preliminary – end <strong>of</strong> a long and stony path.<br />
Today, many dental clinics are hard to imagine without implant dentistry. For most patients it is the restoration <strong>of</strong> choice; for<br />
many dentists it is an innovative discipline still far from the end <strong>of</strong> its development.<br />
The history <strong>of</strong> BDIZ <strong>EDI</strong> is the history <strong>of</strong> oral implantology.<br />
BDIZ was founded in 1989 by clinical dentists<br />
who, as the BDIZ Expert Manual on Implantology<br />
states, “did not want to watch the development <strong>of</strong><br />
implantology in Germany from the sidelines. Increasing<br />
squabbles concerning indications and payment and<br />
reimbursement issues surrounding implantological<br />
services had greatly displeased them. The lack <strong>of</strong> representation<br />
in and by the dental pr<strong>of</strong>essional bodies<br />
was perceived as a serious deficiency. The evaluation<br />
<strong>of</strong> implantological cases by dental experts unfamiliar<br />
with the new field was also viewed most critically.”<br />
Dr Hans-Jürgen Hartmann <strong>of</strong> Tutzing, co-founder <strong>of</strong><br />
BDIZ <strong>EDI</strong> and its president for many years, reports<br />
about the history <strong>of</strong> the association in good times and<br />
bad – while always striving to achieve free implantology<br />
practiced by free dentists. Things take a less political<br />
turn on page 30. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Joachim E. Zöller <strong>of</strong> the<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Cologne, BDIZ <strong>EDI</strong> vice president, takes a<br />
Janus view from the standpoint <strong>of</strong> a university teacher<br />
and scientist, not only looking back to the first steps<br />
and the difficulties we were facing but also taking a<br />
glimpse at the future <strong>of</strong> oral implantology.<br />
The famous Tübingen implant – who would be better<br />
suited to report on it than its inventor? Read the<br />
report by Willi Schulte, former pr<strong>of</strong>essor and highly<br />
decorated academic teacher, starting on page 36.<br />
Content<br />
Committed to our tradition – Looking<br />
back on the history <strong>of</strong> the BDIZ <strong>EDI</strong> p. 24<br />
Looking back and looking forward p. 30<br />
The Tübingen implant p. 36
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