President
Rafael Cárdenas
F.I.A., D.D.S., Ph.D.
Madrid. Twenty-one years in practice. Chair of the Standards Council 2019–2023. Elected President for the term 2024–2027.
Eight officers, elected by the Fellows, serving three-year terms. Minutes are signed, dated, and published the week after each sitting — without redaction beyond patient privacy.
Madrid. Twenty-one years in practice. Chair of the Standards Council 2019–2023. Elected President for the term 2024–2027.
Geneva. Editor-in-chief, Acta Implantologica, 2021–. Multicentre research lead on zygomatic outcomes. Vice-President 2024–2027.
Edinburgh. Twelve years on Standards. Author of the Vance Protocol on consent. Standards Chair 2023–2026.
Kyoto. Oversees the registry, the annual audit drawing by lot, and member file integrity. Registrar 2025–2028.
Boston. Independent auditor of association accounts; quarterly statements public. Treasurer 2024–2027.
Lagos. Convenor of the Congress and chair of the Trainee Day programme. Education Chair 2025–2028.
Buenos Aires. Independent reviewer of disclosure filings since 2018. Ethics Chair 2023–2026.
Lyon. Custodian of Council minutes and the disciplinary archive. Statistical editor of Acta Implantologica. Secretary 2024–2027.
Council sits quarterly; the Standards Council sits four times a year in rotation. Minutes are signed by the Secretary, countersigned by the President, and posted within seven days.
Audit draw conducted in public; 4% of member case logs selected by lot. FY26 quarterly statement signed and posted. One Article II referral.
Eleven rulings reviewed for the year, of which three removals upheld on appeal. Audit pass rate FY25: 91%. New CPD recognised-provider list approved.
Congress XVIII review accepted; two editorial-board renewals approved; budget allocation for the FY26 Trainee Day expanded.
Amendment clarifying "operator of record" in cases involving supervised trainees. Carried 6–2; published in Acta XVIII, No. 3.
The Council is elected by the Fellows. Each Fellow has one vote per office, and votes are tallied by an external auditor — never by the Secretariat. Officers serve three-year terms and may stand for one consecutive renewal; after that, a term of leave is required before another stand.
Nominations open six months before each office's term expires. A nomination requires the candidate's written acceptance, the signature of two Fellows in support, and a declaration of any pending disciplinary matter. Candidates with an open file before Standards cannot stand.
Three years is long enough to do a job, short enough that no one becomes the office. The founding charter limits any individual to two consecutive terms in the same chair; the limit has been respected and there are no exceptions.
The Standards Council sits within the main Council but votes separately on disciplinary matters. It comprises the Standards Chair, the Ethics Chair, the Registrar, and two Fellows drawn by lot for each hearing. The two drawn Fellows are not from the named member's country.
The Standards Council's rulings are published in full in the next issue of Acta Implantologica, by name, with the substantiated breaches by Article number. See the enforcement procedure.
Each officer's attendance at the quarterly Council and the Standards Council is recorded and posted. Three missed sittings in a term triggers a written explanation to the Fellows.
The Council delegates by committee. Each committee has a published charter, a named chair, and a minute book that is public. Membership rotates so no single officer holds the same brief beyond two consecutive terms.
Hears complaints, audits-flagged cases, and Article-breach matters. Comprises the Standards Chair, the Ethics Chair, the Registrar, and two Fellows drawn by lot for each hearing.
Sets the Part I paper and the Part II rubric, draws examiners by lot, publishes pass rates and subject weightings. Reports to the Registrar each February.
Maintains the public disclosure register. Reviews filings; investigates anomalies; refers serious cases to Standards. Operates independent of the Registrar.
Oversees association accounts, the independent annual audit, and the rotation of the external auditor (every three years, by rule). Distinct from the case-log audit, which the Standards Council oversees.
Acceptance, rejection, peer-review assignment, and the editorial direction of Acta Implantologica. Reviewers are named in every issue; assignments rotate by lot.
Convenes for each Council election; verifies eligibility of nominees; runs the ballot with external scrutineers. Disbands after each cycle.